Primetime Limited

August 2020
Produce the National Championship
within a limited timeframe

Reduce the number of participants

during the National Championship

Adhere to COVID-19 protocols

Preliminary Stage to be produced at the
Regional Level

There would be Five (5) Rounds of

Competition per contest
 108 Schools to participate in the Prelims at the Regional level

 Regional Qualifiers to compete in 40 contests for limited slots in

their Regions/Zones

 Winners to represent their Region/Zone

 Only Six (6) persons per school to be allowed entry into the venue

 All contests to be streamed live on the NSMQ Facebook, YouTube

and Twitter accounts.
 Region/Zone No. of Venue
Contests
1 Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Savannah, 6 Tamale
North East - 16 schools
2 Bono, Bono East, Ahafo - 13 schools 5 Sunyani
3 Ashanti - 21 schools 7 Kumasi
4 Western, Western North - 8 schools 3 Cape Coast

5 Central - 10 schools 4 Cape Coast

6 Eastern - 16 schools 6 Koforidua

7 Volta, Oti - 16 schools 6 Ho
8 Greater Accra - 8 schools 3 Accra
 Total of 40 Contests

 Five Rounds of Competition

 Contests to take place in the Regions

 Balloting will be conducted on September 1, 2020

and streamed live on the NSMQ Facebook, YouTube
and Twitter accounts.
 40 Regional/Zonal Winners,14 Top Runners-up and 27 Seeded
Schools to compete at the One-Eighth Stage, making 81 schools

 All participants to undergo mandatory COVID-19 tests. Teachers 55

years and older are advised not to accompany their teams.

 Two venues to be used simultaneously

 Only six (6) persons per school will be in camp. Each school will
cater for the 6th person.

 All contests to be streamed live on the NSMQ Facebook, YouTube and

Twitter accounts.
27 schools to compete at quarters, as per
existing format

27 winners at the One-Eighth Stage to

compete here.

9 winners to compete at semis

3 winners to clash at Grand Finale

 40 Prelims Contests at the Regional level in 7 days
(40 Winners and 14 Top runners-up to progress to One-Eighth
Stage)
 Only six (6) persons per school will be in camp. Each school will
cater for the 6th person.
 Mandatory COVID-19 Tests to be conducted
 27 One-Eighth Stage Contests in 4 days, with contests happening
simultaneously
 27 Winners to qualify for quarterfinals
 Finalists would be allowed 15 supporters each
 All contests to be streamed live on the NSMQ Facebook, YouTube
and Twitter accounts.
 Submit Contestants’ names to http://www.bit.ly/nsmq2020 by August 7, 2020

 New entrants are to submit their crests to info@primetimegh.com by August 7, 2020

 Submit mp3 version of school anthems to info@primetimegh.com by August 21, 2020

THANK YOU