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Inter-house Debate Competition 2023
The Inter-house Debate Competition was held on 20th October, 2023 in the school auditorium. Students from classes 8-12 were eligible to participate with 3 participants in each Team from each house.
The Sutlej team consisted of Shruti Arvind (8B), Rishabh Narayanan (10A) and Tanvi Arvind (12A). The Narmada team included Anya Mercy George (9C), Vibhav Jhaver (10A) and Zai Tehzeeb Libby (11C). Mantra Venkatachalam (8C), Aadhit Udipi Rau (10B) and Tia Thadani (12C) represented Godavari house and the Cauvery team comprised of Shakti Vidyut (9C), Madhav Venkatachalam (11A) and Zara Kanwar (12B).
The motion for the competition was – “Media should have absolute right to Freedom of Speech and Expression”. The participants spoke like true debaters and brought forth various perspectives to the motion which left the audience battling to choose sides. The winning team was against the motion and successfully convinced the audience with their impressive points. After the debate concluded, the judges addressed the students and gave their valuable feedback to the debaters. They were truly impressed by the speaking and reasoning skills. This was followed by the result declaration with Sutlej in 4th place, Godavari and Cauvery were tied for the 2nd position and Narmada emerged the winner. It was a hard fought and engaging competition. The debates were so thought provoking that it fuelled further discussions about the power and role of media among the young minds of Sishya.
Photo Gallery : Inter-house Debate Competition 2023
Annual Debate Competition Archives
Debate Competition 2019
Oct18
The Inter House Debate competition was held on 18th of October 2019. This year’s topics were ‘Nations Should Have Borders’ and ‘Social Media Has More Of A Negative Influence On Today’s Youth’.
Debate Competition 2018
Jul12
The Inter House Debate competition was held on 12th of July 2018. This year’s topics were ‘Is Artificial Intelligence the biggest threat to human existence’ and ‘World War III will be fought over water’.
Debate Competition 2017
Jul07
The Inter House Debate competition was held on 7th of July 2017. This year’s topics were ‘For reasons of security, this house supports army action in Jammu & Kashmir’ and ‘This house opposes the country-wide practice ...
Debate Competition 2016
Oct21
‘The government should force feed people on hunger strikes’ and ‘Advertisements promoting fairness products should be banned’ were this year’s topics. Participants spoke either for or against the topic for five minutes.
Debate Competition 2014
Nov13
This year’s topics were ‘Natural Calamities are caused by humans’ and ‘West must retaliate with force against recent killing of journalists’. Participants spoke either for or against the topic for five minutes.
Debate Competition 2013
Sep26
This year’s topics were ‘Food Security Bill is a Political Stunt’ and ‘Genetic Engineering is a blessing in disguise’. The participants were required to speak either for or against the topic for five minutes.
Debate Competition 2012
Sep28
The Inter House Debate competition was held on 28th of September 2012. This year’s topics were ‘Central Government is facing policy paralysis’ and Media veers towards sensationalism instead of reporting accurate news’.
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