Intra-School Virtual English Debate for XI and XII

The Department of English in its endeavour to inculcate the oratory, literary, linguistic and argumentative skills among the students conducts a lot of  activities, debate being one of them. It acts as a catalyst for the healthy discourse  over prevailing situations and matters. It also provides a platform for the participants to compete and test their debating prowess and allows for the freedom of opinions and the collective growth of an idea. In the present scenario when the whole world  is striving hard to  overcome the pandemic , an additional motive was to shift their attention , involve them into something  productive  and to take them for an intellectual venture.

Keeping up the trend , a Virtual Debate was organized by  the

Department with an equal participation by the Debate Club

Volunteers through google meet conference on August 10,

2020 between 5:00pm – 6:30pm. The Topic of the debate was  Backward classes Reservation – a blessing in disguise. The debate was  Moderated by Arshan Khusheed, a student of class 12^th and was conducted in two rounds  –  The Opening statement and the Rebuttal Round . All the participants showcased  exemplary oratory and argumentative skills  in the first round while the rebuttal round included heated arguments and counter arguments. The debaters were fervent in their efforts and each one of them Portrayed dedication and persistence . The debate was Judged by Mrs Sartaj Kousar , Ms Nusrat Jeelani and Mr Vijay from the Department of English. The first position was secured by Ibrahim Salaria of class 12^th ,the second position was held by Rimsha Sheikh of class 11^th while the third position was attained  by Numa Javaid of class 11^th respectively.

 The Principal , Ms Shobhna Sirohi appreciated and  congratulated  the students for their remarkable talent and efforts. She praised the Moderator Arshan Khusheed of class 12  for his unparalleled skills and further stressed the need of such activities to build confidence , determination and will power.

The Event concluded with the presentation of certificates to the participants and a vote of thanks by the HOD English, Ms Sadaf Khan.