Inter-School Debate “The Battle of Words”

11th of July, 2015.

The 25th year, the Silver jubilee of Vikhe Patil Memorial School began with the Inter-school Debate –  “The Battle of Words”. A total of eight schools participated, divided into two groups: 

Group 1 consisted of

1. The Bishops School, Camp,

2. Kalmadi High School

3. Dayanand Anglo Vidyalay School 

4. Vikhe Patil Memorial School

This group was given the topic on whether juveniles should be given another chance or whether they deserve nothing less but harsh punishment.

Group 2 consisted of

1. The Army Public School

2. The Orchid School

3. The Sanskriti School

4. Indira National school

This group was given the topic on whether the Indian Democracy still exists in every narrow part of India or not.

First Round Group 1 Results: Aniket Ghatnekar, from VPMS bagged the best speaker award and Ayushman Chopra, from The Bishops School bagged the second best speaker,

First Round Group 2 Results: Abhidnya Ramdasi, from The Sanskriti School, bagged the best speaker award and Nikhil John, from The Army Public School, bagged the second best speaker.

By the end of the preliminary round we had 4 teams that qualified themselves to the second round i.e the impromptu round, ‘The Bishops school’, ‘Vikhe Patil Memorial School’, ‘The Sanskriti School’ and ‘The Orchid School’. The topic for second round was  “Should Celebrities bear the brunt of the brands they endorse”

Final Results: Nirali Hamirwazia, from VPMS bagged the best speaker and Vikhe Patil Memorial Schools emerged as the proud winners of the first ever inter-college debate held in VPMS itself.