Nadia Mashoud Chelpang from Alhassan Gbanzaba Memorial School will be representing Ghana at the 93rd Scripts Spelling Bee contest after emrging winner of the 2020 National Spelling Bee. 

Ms Cehlpang walked away with a GHS4000 prize money, an engraved golden trophy, a DSTV decoder plus one year’s subscription, and GHS 1,000 gift voucher for books, a certificate of recognition, among other prizes from sponsors.

Ms Cehlpang takes over from the 2019 winner, Kwabena Adu Darko-Asare.

Aku-Mishee, of the University of Ghana Basic School who came second, received a return ticket to Kenya, cash prize of GHS 2,000, GHS 800 worth of gift voucher for books, a silver medal, a DSTV decoder plus 6 months’ subscription, a certificate of recognition, among other prizes.

While the 2nd runner up, Joel Dennis of Victoria Grammar School took home a cash prize of GHS 1,500, a DSTV decoder, GHS 500 worth of gift voucher for books, a bronze medal, certificate of recognition among other prizes from sponsors.

The final was held at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on Saturday, 1 February 2020.