St Thomas Aquinas retains title in Ghana Culture Week interschools debate

St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School has emerged victorious in the Ghana Culture Week interschool debate competition, successfully defending their title.

The debate, which brought together some of the top senior high schools in the country such as  St Mary’s Senior High School, Tema Senior High School and Design and Technology Institute was a celebration of Ghana's rich cultural heritage.

St. Thomas Aquinas retained their title by defeating Design and Technology Institute in the finals. 

Apart from the overall winners, the Most Knowledgeable Debater adjudged by the judges was Iris Bekoe of Tema S.H.S with Obeng Mary Acquah winning the prize for Most Eloquent Debater.

The judges for the day were Dr Sarah Dogbadzi and Dr Eyram Fiagbedzi both of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana and veteran playwright and actor, Abeiku Sagoe.

This year’s debate is the third in series of the debate competition as part of the Ghana Culture Week celebrations.

In her statement at the opening of the symposium, the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts applauded the Ghana Culture Forum (GCF) for their contribution to promoting Ghanaian culture. 

The Ghana Culture Week Celebrations is an initiative of GCF, a civil society organization comprising associations, organizations and individuals in the cultural and creative industries space.

 The Ghana Culture Week celebrations involves various activities and last Friday, March 15 the GCF and GTA collaborated under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts to mark the day with a symposium, stakeholders forum and the Taste 68@68 Food Fair at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra. 

The theme for this year’s culture week is Our Culture, Our Strength: Shaping Ghana for Global Impact.