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    Finals Results

    Under 18

    Prize Winners School City
    1st Jishnu Venkataraman National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    2nd Anika Sharma Pathways World School Aravali Gurgaon
    3rd Bhaavan P National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    3rd Rakshamathi Gopinath KIS International School Bangkok

     

    Under 16​

    Prize Winners School City
    1st Darsh Bakshi Indus International School Pune
    2nd Ishani Patil Pathways World School Aravali Gurgaon
    3rd Chris Joby Sacred Heart School Manama
    3rd Arnab Sengupta Bahrain Indian School Bahrain

     

    Under 14

    Prize Winners School City
    1st Padmavathi Gopinath KIS International School Bangkok
    2nd Siddharth Kumar Gopal St. Thomas Residential School Thiruvananthapuram
    3rd Saanika Jain National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    3rd Falak Shaikh Sacred Heart School Manama

      

    Semifinal and Final Round Motions

    Under 18

    Regional History should be taught instead of National History in schools


    Under 16 

    Government should ban Coaching centres

    Under 14

    School Uniforms should not be compulsory

    Qualifier round Results

    Under 18

    Finalists School City
    Jishnu Venkataraman National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    Bhaavan P National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    Rakshamathi Gopinath KIS International School Bangkok
    Anika Sharma Pathways World School Aravali Gurgaon 
      

    Under 16

    Finalists School City
    Ishani Patil Pathways World School Aravali Gurgaon
    Chris Joby Sacred Heart School Manama
    Darsh Bakshi Indus International School Pune
    Arnab Sengupta Bahrain Indian School Bahrain 

      

    Under 14

    Finalists School City
    Siddharth Kumar Gopal St. Thomas Residential School Thiruvananthapuram
    Saanika Jain National Public School, Indiranagar Bengaluru
    Falak Shaikh Sacred Heart School Manama
    Padmavathi Gopinath KIS International School Bangkok 

     

    Theme: Education

    Qualifier Round Motions

    Under 18

    Mandatory vocational programs should be introduced in all universities for all under-graduate programs.

      Under 16

      Developing nations should prioritize educating children who show potential rather than educating everyone equally.

        Under 14

        Students should be allowed to select the subjects they want to study.

           

           
          Format
          • Each debate will have 2 debaters. One arguing “For” and the other “Against” the topic.
          • Each debate will have 4 speeches. Order of speaking and content will be:
              • Speech 1 - Arguments by the “For” debater 
              • Speech 2 - Arguments by the “Against” debater
              • Rebuttal 1 - Rebuttal by the “For” debater vs the “Against” debater’s speech.
              • Rebuttal 2 - Rebuttal by the “Against” debater vs the “For”  debater’s speech
          • Each Debater will be assigned a Side (For or Against) randomly by our Team and will be communicated to the debater on Wednesday, 15th July, along with the Zoom video call invite
          • The Motions for the Finals will be different from the Qualifier motions. They will be shared with the Finalists on Friday, 17th July, when the results are announced
          • Details around judging criteria and how to structure the rebuttal will be provided in the Prepbook along with best practices for debating. It will be shared with all registered participants for the challenge.
          • The Qualifier is not a Knock-out competition. The Top 4 Debaters in each age category, based on their individual scores, will be moving on to the Final round on Sunday.
          • On Sunday, the top 4 will compete in knock-out semifinals leading to the Top 2 who will battle it out in the Finals to decide the Winners of the Debating Challenge #2
             
            Category
            		 Under 18
            Under 16 
            Under 14 
            Age 
            (On 16-07-2020)
            		 16 & 17 year olds
            14 & 15 year olds
            12 & 13 year olds
            Time Limit
            (per debater)
            Speech - 2.5 mins
            Rebuttal - 1.5 mins
            Speech - 2.5 mins
            Rebuttal - 1 min
            Speech - 2 mins
            Rebuttal - 1 min

             

            Schedule
                 
            Qualifier round : 16th July, Thursday, 3-9 pm IST
            Your debate will be in a 15 minute slot during the 1 hour window you choose while registering. Your exact slot time and Side will be communicated to you on Wednesday, 15th July by 7 pm IST. 
                     
            Final round : 19th July, Sunday, 11 am - 12:30 pm IST
            Live-streamed on Melio's Facebook page!
               
            Registration Fee
                
            ₹ 299 per speaker
                
            Prizes
                 

            Winner - 1st prize: ₹ 1250; Runner up - ₹ 750; Semi-finalists (2) - ₹ 500 each

            Total prizes - Rs. 9000/-

            All finalists will receive digital certificates

             

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