DAV Patiala organized Virtual Inter School Debate-2020

DAV Patiala organized Virtual Inter School Debate-2020

Gurjit Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Patiala

To keep the children in the race of public speaking in spite of the hard circumstances during pandemic, DAV Public School Patiala organized Virtual Inter School Debate-2020 under the aegis of Patiala Sahodaya Schools Complex. The venture was divided into two categories projecting their debating skills the contestants of Group- A threw light and reasons on the topic – Exams only measure the memory of students not their learning. This part of the competition was adjudged by Dr. Madhu Sharma, Associate Professor & HOD English SD Kanya Mahavidyalya, Mansa and  Iradeep Kaur, Assistant Professor (English), SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana. There were as many as 34 participants in this category.

Similarly for Group-B, 32 from leading schools in and around Patiala enthusiastically advocated their views on the topic – Extreme competition—-boon or a curse in the education process. This part of the competition was adjudged by Dr. Joginder Paul, Assistant Professor (English), Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala and Prof. Subhash Chander Sharma, Former Professor & HOD (English), Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala.

Principal Vivek Tiwari while appreciating the efforts made by English Department under the mentorship of Ms. Deep Shikha (HOD-English) quoted that it gives him immense pleasure on receiving the overwhelming response in this virtual debate which has further raised the hopes that there is no hurdle and obstacle if one is determined to walk on the desired path. He further expressed his happiness on listening to the young orators on such topics and convincingly putting forth their views.

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The results of the competition are as under.

Group-A

Individual

1^st Position – V S Parmeshwaran – St. Peter’s Academy, Patiala

2^nd Position – Chahat Walia – Ryan International School, Patiala

3^rd Position – Prabhleen Kaur – Sri Aurobindo International School, Patiala

Team

1^st Position – St. Peter’s Academy, Patiala

2^nd Position – Our Lady of Fatima Convent Sec. School, Patiala

3^rd Position – DAV Public School, Patiala

Group-B

Individual

1^st Position – Gurneet Kaur – St. Peter’s Academy, Patiala

2^nd Position – Chelsie Gakkar – Budha Dal Public School, Patiala

3^rd Position – Gunjan Pahuja – DAV Public School, Patiala

Team

1^st Position – St. Peter’s Academy, Patiala

2^nd Position – DAV Public School, Patiala

3^rd Position – Budha Dal Public School, Patiala

October 25,2020