26-Jun-09 Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate

The Future Foundation School hosted the Eastern Zonal preliminary round of Category I of Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate.
The Participating Schools were:
1. St. Joseph's College
2. G.D. Birla Centre For Education
3. St. James' School
4. St. Xavier's Collegiate School
5. Vivekanada Mission School
6. The Assembly of God Church School, Tollygunge
7. Mahadevi Birla Shishu Vihar
8. Dolna Day School
9. Triveni Tissues Vidyapith

The Judges for the event were:
Mr. Mrinal Chakraborty- Renowned author and script writer. Professor of English Literature at Dinobandhu Andrews College.
Mrs. June Dutta- Noted teacher and educationist. Attached to various teacher enrichment programmes as Resource Person.
Mrs. Sharmishtha Dutta Gupta- Acclaimed author and book editor. Previously attached to Seagull Art and Media Resource Centre.

Registration for the event commenced at 8:30 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. the motion for the debate was formally announced by the Moderator. The motion was: This House believes that in the 21st Century there is no question of a world without violence and destruction.
The participants were given an hour's time for preparation. The school library and computer laboratory was made available to them. The event started with a welcome address by the Principal and ended at 2:30 p.m. with the declaration of results and handing over of Certificates to the winners.

Results:
Best School: St. James' School
Runners Up: St. Xavier's Collegiate School
Best Speaker: Aditya Vikram Doshi, St. James' School
First Runner Up Speaker: Yash Gupta, St. James' School.

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