03-09-2019 12:00 AM
ASISC Debate Competition 2019 — Senior Category
On 3rd September, 2019, South City International School hosted the Regional Debate Competition 2019, Association of School for the ISC Chapter (ASISC, WB & NE States)- Senior Category. Twenty Seven renowned Schools like The Heritage School, Modern High Schools for Girls, Sri Si Academy, Vivekananda Mission School, and Our Lady Queen of the Mission participated in the Debate Competition.
The Topic was: “Globalization has increased the rich, poor divide”.
The Judges of Venue 1 were :
Judge 1-Ms. Kaveri Dutt
Judge 2- Saira Shah Halim
Judge 3: Mr.Nirmal Agarwal
Moderator: Mr. Raju Raman
The Judges of venue 2 were:
Judge 1: Ms. Ranjana Bhattacharya
Judge 2: Ms. Deblina Mitra
Judge 3: Ms. Arpita Chakraborty
Moderator: Mr. Errol O? Brien
The Debate began at 11.00 a.m and continued till 2 :00 p.m. Each participant spoke with confidence and passion. It reflected how well researched they were. Participants of the Proposition touched on different aspects like the concept of Neo Colonization, Venezuela Crisis, misallocation of resources, the Dharavi slums against the skyscrapers in Mumbai, how the world is becoming more unipolar and in what way Capitalism or Globalization is accentuating the power of the rich.Speakers of the opposition were equally strong with their views and arguments where they reflected upon the role of NGOs and equated Globalization with Liberalization. They ruled out the fact that Globalization leads to rich, poor divide and instead that it is the faulty legislation, bureaucratic and corrupt management which are to be held responsible for the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’.
The teams cited examples of Amazon, Flipkart, Mc Donalds, Google, Tata , Airtel to name a few, to emphasise their arguments.
The Result: Best Team – The Heritage School
1st Runner Up Team- Modern High School for Girls
2nd Runner Up team- South City International School
Best Speaker- Riddhi Panja- The Heritage School
The Winning Team was awarded a Trophy, 2 gold medals and certificates of Appreciation and Participation and the Best Speaker was given a gold medal, while the First and Second Runner up terms received Silver and Bronze medals respectively along with certificates of Appreciation and Participation.