KING FAHAD ISLAMIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL WINS THE 4th EDITION OF THE INTER-SECONDARY SCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION ON THE LAWS AND JUSTICE SYSTEM OF SIERRA LEONE
As part of its mandate to advance legal education in Sierra Leone, LEGAL LINK in partnership with the African Young Voices (AYV) Media Empire, has successfully organized the 4th Edition of the Inter-Secondary School Quiz Competition on the Laws and Justice System of Sierra Leone, also known as The Youth and The Law Quiz Competition.
The auspicious event which took place at the AYV Media Empire in Freetown from the 28th to 31st May 2024 brought together brilliant minds from several outstanding senior secondary schools in Freetown.
The primary objective of the quiz competition is to broaden the knowledge and horizon of school-going pupils in senior secondary schools on the law and justice system of Sierra Leone.
The program further aimed to incentivize youths to become law-abiding citizens and be able to successfully claim their rights when threatened, abused or violated.
Additionally, the competition also sought to inspire young pupils in secondary schools to consider pursuing a career in law and other related law programmes in the future.
A total of nine schools participated in this year’s competition; namely:
St. Joseph’s Convent Secondary School, King Fahad Islamic Secondary School, Prince of Wales School, Sierra Leone Grammar School, Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood Secondary School, Freetown Secondary for Girls, Methodist Girls High School and Government Model Secondary School.
Each school was represented by a team of three competitors, accompanied by two substitutes and a teacher coordinator as well as a few supporters from the school.
The competition followed a format consisting of four stages: Preliminaries, Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and Final, which were held on separate days.
To ensure a fair and objective outcome, there were a series of killer round questions developed to determine a winner in situations where there was a tie between the two competing schools.
The four compulsory rounds consisted of twenty-five questions each on Criminal Law, Civil Law, The Legal System of Sierra Leone and International Law respectively.
Contestants selected questions concealed in a magic bowl and answered them to score three marks each. The total scores received from the four rounds determined the winner.
Rashid Dumbuya Esq, the Executive Director of LEGAL LINK served as the program moderator, while the teacher coordinators of the competing schools together with an independent observer from LEGAL LINK acted as judges for the competition.
After four days of intensive competition between and amongst the various schools, the winners of the quiz competition were announced as follows:
First Position:
King Fahad Islamic Senior Secondary School
Second Position:
ST. Joseph’s Convent Senior Secondary School
Third Position:
Albert Academy Secondary School
The top three winning schools were awarded cash prizes of 10 million, 5 million and 3 million old leones respectively.
The cash prizes were generously provided by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Honourable Ibrahim Tawa Conteh in a bid to incentivize youths in Sierra Leone to understand the law and ultimately become law abiding and responsible citizens in the future.
The top three schools displayed exceptional brevity, excellence, teamwork and composure under heightened pressure throughout the competition.
All participating school-going pupils received certificates of participation to acknowledge their efforts and achievements throughout the competition while special awards were also given to the following pupils, teacher Coordinator and school.
Best Male Quizzer:
Kelvin S Kargbo of the Albert Academy Secondary School won this prize
Best Female Quizzer:
Regina Jabati of the St Joseph’s Convent Senior Secondary School won this prize
Best Teacher Coordinator:
Mr Abdulai Fofanah (Teacher Coordinator for King Fahad Islamic Secondary School) won this prize
Best Behaved School:
Sierra Leone Grammar School won this prize
The program concluded successfully, with the winners of the competition, King Fahad Islamic Senior Secondary School, celebrating their victory by singing and dancing triumphant victory songs.
Statements were also made by Dr Tony Morgan, (representative of AYV) and Abdul Dumbuya (representative of LEGAL LINK) about the uniqueness, fairness and transformational benefit of the program.
The Grand Chief patron and prize distributor, Hon Ibrahim Tawa Conteh also expressed good sentiments about the program and praised the pupils for their display of hard work, competitive spirit and industry throughout the competition.
LEGAL LINK extends heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Honourable Ibrahim Tawa Conteh ( Deputy Speaker of Parliament) Ambassador Junior Navo, (head of the AYV Media Empire), staff and interns of LEGAL LINK (for putting the concept together) and all those who contributed in cash or in kind in making the program a great success.
We are grateful and to God be all the glory.
The entire quiz competition was recorded by AYV and will be broadcast to the nation in the coming weeks on AYV channel 34 and channel 399 on DSTV. We encourage you all to watch the quiz program as it will provide valuable education on the laws and justice system of Sierra Leone.
In the meantime, please find attached some pics and footage of the program for your perusal.
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