Government Model Secondary School would face the Government Technical Secondary in the Volleyball boys' competition in this year's Inter-secondary schools games competition.

The annual competition which is conducted by the Physical and Health Education department of the Ministry of Education Youth and Sports (MEYS) would see both Volleyball and soccer competitions starting on October 27th in the Western Area.

In the Volleyball category for the Junior Secondary School (JSS) girls, Akibo Betts Secondary School will face Behesti, while in the opening ceremony; Government Model will take on Vine Memorial in the Senior Secondary School (SSS).

In another encounter, Wallace Johnson and Tower Hill Municipal School would battle in the JSS boys' category, while Government Model and Government Technical would sort it out in the SSS boys' category.

UMASS and Murray Town Army School will open the JSS soccer competition, while Government Model would sort it out against Collegiate School in the SSS category.

Speaking to Concord Sports, Public Relation Officer of the MEYS, Unisa Deen Kargbo said the annual event is to tap talents and also provide the needed recreation for pupils.

"As part of an effort for successful schools competition, the Ministry organized a three day workshop on the impact of violence at schools sports," Kargbo said.

He appealed to teachers to be more vigilant in the selection of their teams, noting that the Ministry is strongly against the use of non school going pupils in their teams.