The Past Students’ Association of Keta Senior High Technical School (KETASCO) has protested the decision by the Academic Board of the Sharks Quiz to re-run the quarterfinal contest between KETASCO and St. Augustine’s College (AUGUSCO).
They have insisted that the original outcome should stand.
In a strongly worded statement, the Association expressed “unequivocal” opposition to the re-run directive, arguing that KETASCO had already provided the correct answer at the decisive tie-breaker stage, an outcome they say should have conclusively ended the contest in the school’s favour.
It will be recalled that on Thursday March 19, 2026, a Quiz quarterfinal between Ketasco and St Augustine,s College ended abruptly due to misunderstanding after a tie.
According to the Association, the Quiz Jury and Academic Board themselves had, upon review, affirmed the correctness of KETASCO’s response. This acknowledgment, they contend, effectively validates KETASCO as the rightful winners of the contest.
“At the core of this matter is an established and uncontested fact: KETASCO provided the correct answer at the decisive tie-breaker stage,” the statement noted.
“By this admission, it is evident that the contest ought to have concluded at that very point.”
The Association argued that globally accepted academic and quiz standards dictate that once a correct answer is given at a decisive stage, the result is final and binding.
Any adjudication error, they stressed, should be corrected by upholding the valid response and adjusting the outcome accordingly, not by replaying the contest.
Describing the decision to order a re-run as inconsistent with principles of fair adjudication, the group warned that such actions risk undermining the credibility of the competition.
“It introduces avoidable uncertainty, undermines the integrity of the original performance, and unfairly disadvantages the team that had already secured victory on merit,” the statement said.
The Association also maintained that once the correctness of KETASCO’s answer had been acknowledged, any subsequent contest outcome would lack legitimacy.
“Any outcome derived after that point cannot supersede the correctness of the initial response,” it emphasized.
Aligning its position with that of KETASCO’s management, the Past Students’ Association issued three key demands to the organizers; including the immediate rescission of the re-run decision.
formal declaration of KETASCO as winners of the quarterfinal contest, and a public reaffirmation of commitment to fairness, consistency, and academic integrity.
Beyond the immediate dispute, the Association underscored the broader implications of the decision, noting that the matter “extends beyond a single contest” and touches on the credibility of academic competitions and stakeholder confidence in their outcomes.
“We trust that the appropriate steps will be taken immediately to correct this situation and preserve the integrity of the Sharks Quiz,” the statement concluded, adding that “when truth is clear, hesitation becomes injustice.”
The protest adds to growing tension surrounding the disputed contest, as stakeholders await a final decision from the Sharks Quiz Academic Board.
In a similar mood, the management of the school earlier petitioned the organisers to equally rescind their decision for a rerun.
Meanwhile, the management of Sharks Quiz, the organisers in their response, said its academic board reaffirmed its decision to re-run to determine the winner, citing provisions in the competition’s rules and regulations that called for tiebreakers.
Their letter was in response to the call by Management and Old students of Ketasco to stop the re-run.