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Glendale Academy International hosted it’s most popular 4th annual Inter-school debate competition - Cross S’ words’, a Cambridge style of debate on 18th and 19th August 2010 under the flagship of ‘Glendale Literary Fest’. Overall 15 schools from the city have participated. This Cambridge style of debating gave the teams ample scope to put forth their views and helped offer extemporaneous rebuttals to raise arguments.
18th Aug- Preliminary and Quarter Final round
Dr. Abhimanyu Acahrya, an eminent educationalist was the chairperson for the competition. Ms. Vaishali Bisht – Theater personality, Ms. Chandra Dorai – Educational Consultant and Ms. Geeta Shyamsundar – Principal, Meridian School were the judges for the same.
The participants enthralled the audience and judges with skills and views. The following are the Schools which participated in the competition.
1.Glendale Academy International.
2. Oakridge International.
3. Meridian School.
4. Silver Oaks.
5. DPS – Hyderabad.
6. DPS – Secunderabad.
7. Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Public School.
8. Vigyan Jyothi.
9. Jubilee Hills Public School.
10. Indus International.
11. Indus World.
12. Sultan – Ul – Uloom
13. D.A.V Public School.
14. IVY League
15. Army School, Golconda.
16. Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur
19th August- Semi Final and Final round of the debate
Out of these 16 schools, 8 were shortlisted for quarterfinals, out of which 6 schools were selected for semifinals which are scheduled to be held on 19th August, 2010. The schools which got selected for semifinals are
1. DPS – Hyderabad.
2. Meridian.
3. Oakridge.
4. DPS – Secunderabad.
5. Glendale Academy International.
6. Jubilee Hills Public School.
Glendale Literary fest concluded the second day on 19th august, 2010 with Cross S’ Words, Cambridge style debate semifinals and finals. The qualifying teams for the grand finale were DPS – Hyderabad and Meridian. After a heated informative, assertive debate DPS – Hyderabad went on to become the winners and the runners up were Meridian. The winner and runners up walked away with both rolling and retainable trophies along with cash awards. The two days observation of an esteemed panel of judges comprising Ms. Vaishali Bisht, Ms. Arati Kodali – Education Consultant and Mr. Sachidananda Mohanty – Professor of English at the University of Hyderabad brought to light the best speaker in - Santosh of DPS – Hyderabad. All in all it was a very enthusiastic event with lot of learning.
Prof Sachidananda Mohanty, English Dept., Central University, Hyderabad, appreciated the idea of having a Cambridge-style debate at the school level and lauded Glendale for having started it as an inter school event.
He said that all schools must have regular debates. This will make the jobs of universities easier as India has very little or no debates at the school level and hence it becomes difficult to inculcate it at the university level. |
