Miss Ewura Abena Essanoah Arthur of the Divine Montessori School in Sunyani has won the prize third in the National French Awareness Day Competition held last February in Accra.

Miss Essanoah Arthur, an eleven year old class six pupil of the school, took home a set of French books and a Certificate of Merit.

The competition, which was under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, covered the spoken language in reading, poem recitals, drama and music for Primary, Junior High School and Senior High School categories.

Divine Montessori school got to the national level after emerging as the Brong-Ahafo regional champions from nineteen participating schools in the primary category, in November, 2008.

At the end of the regional competition, three schools emerged as front runners to represent the region at the national competition.

Drobo Senior High School represented the Brong-Ahafo region in the Senior High School category while Wesley Junior High School represented the region in the Junior High School category.

The Headmaster of the school, Mr. Ernest Oduro Mensah, commended the French teachers of the school, Messrs. George Prempeh and Peter Boateng for having done a good job.

He noted that the third prize is a great achievement for the school judging from the fact it is an emerging school and the first time it is taking part in such a national contest.