READING QUIZ HELD FOR 10 PUBLIC SCHOOLS (PAGE 11, NOV 30)

THE Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ghana Publishers have held a reading quiz for 10 selected public schools in the Accra Metropolitan Area.
The event which was part of the just ended book-fair comprised five primary schools and five junior high schools.
The schools which were represented by four pupils each were: Mpoasei Primary School, James Town Methodist Primary A & B, Chorkor AMA Primary, Korle-Gonno St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary and the St Barnabas Anglican Primary.
For the junior high schools category, the schools that took part were: Korle Gonno Roman Catholic JHS, Accra Royal JHS, Mamprobi Sempe '1' JHS, Osu Manhean JHS and the Mamprobi Ebenezer '4' JHS.
At the end of the quiz, the Mpoasei Primary School, James Town Methodist A & B, and the Chorkor AMA Primary, came first, second and third respectively. They were followed by the Korle-Gonno St. Mary's Roman Catholic Primary and the St Barnabas Anglican Primary Schools.
In the JHS division, the Korle Gonno Roman Catholic JHS, Accra Royal, Mamprobi Sempe '1', Osu Manhean JHS and the Mamprobi Ebenezer placed first to fifth respectively.
The coordinator of the programme, Mrs Elizabeth Quarmye, said the quiz was aimed at inculcating the habit of reading in the pupils.
Apart from reading, she said, the pupils were taught how to take care of books, adding that they were made to answer questions on what they read.
She said initially, it was one pupil from a shool that took part in the quiz, but that was expanded to ensure that more pupils benefited.
Mrs Quaryme said cultivating the habit of reading was important to the development of the child and, therefore, stressed the need for other corporate organisations to support such events.
“We should all help to make the children use their leisure time well; not only reading their textbooks, but to join reading clubs in schools”, she said.