By Claudia Redwood-Sawyerr
The Ministry of Information and Civic Education (MOICE) on Monday, 2 November 2026, held its district-level civic quiz and debate competition in Koinadugu as part of its ongoing Civic Day Series, bringing together students from various schools to demonstrate their knowledge of civic issues and engage in public discourse.
The competition featured a Junior Secondary School Quiz and a Senior Secondary School Debate hosted at the Koinadugu District Council Hall at Kabala Town, with winners earning the opportunity to represent Koinadugu alongside winners from other districts at the Salone Civic Festival scheduled for December in Freetown.
In the Junior Secondary School quiz, participants competed in four solid rounds of quiz, including a tie break round. After the penalty round, Mohamed A. Shaw of Kabala Junior Secondary School emerged first with 33 points, followed by Samuel Marah of Loma Junior Secondary School in second place with 29 points. Sorie Kamara of Ahmadiyya Junior Secondary School secured third place with 25 points.
Other participants were Yandie Marah of Affia Junior Secondary School, Kaday Kamara of Yagala Junior Secondary School and Mariama S. Jalloh of Yogomaia Junior Secondary School.
In the Senior Secondary School Debate, after 3round of debate, Hassan Turay of Ahmadiyya Senior Secondary School emerged as the winner with 27 points while Finah Sesay of Kabala Senior Secondary School took second place with 22 points.
Other participants included Alice Koroma of Loma Senior Secondary School, Wuridady Jalloh of Affia Senior Secondary School, and Salamatu Jalloh of Yogomaia Senior Secondary School
The Quiz Competition awarded Le2, 000 to the first-place winner, Le1, 500 to the second-place winner and Le1, 000 to the third-place winner. An additional Le1, 000 was allocated to the winning school.
In the Debate category, the winner received Le2, 000, while the second-place participant received Le1, 500. The winning school also received Le1, 000.
The Koinadugu competition forms part of MOICE’s nationwide Civic Day Series, an initiative designed to bring government closer to the people, strengthen civic awareness and provide citizens, particularly young people, with opportunities to engage with national issues and understand government policies and programmes.
The series continues on Tuesday, 3rd November, with a Town Hall meeting bringing together ministers and representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The meeting will be hosted by the Minister of Information and Civic Education, Hon. Chernor Bah, and will provide an opportunity for residents to engage directly with government representatives.
