Inter- School Debate Competition at Al Barkaat Public School

Inter- School Debate Competition at 

Al Barkaat Public School

Mahtab Ahmad | ABPS NEWS

An inter school debate competition was held at Al Barkaat Public School to hone the speaking skills of the students and make them aware of the current hot topics of today’s discussion.

The topics were: “It is impossible to eliminate corruption in India” for the junior group and “Social Networking sites should be banned” for the senior group.  Around 10 prestigious schools from Aligarh i.e.  AMU City Girls’ High School, S. T. S. High School, Ayesha Tarin Modern Public School, Heritage International School, Iqra Public School, Our Lady Of Fatima School, St. Fedelis School, AMU City High School(Boys) and Al Barkaat Public School took part in this competition with full enthusiasm.  The programme started with the recitation of verses from the holy Qur’an.

Dr. Ahmad Mujtaba Siddiqui, Joint Secretary of Al Barkaat Educational Society introduced the learned judges and encouraged the entire participants.

Under the junior group, Fauzia Mustafa of Our Lady of Fatima bagged the first prize. The second prize was won by Ahmad Shoeb of St. Fidelis School while Noman Ashraf of Al Barkaat Public School stood third. The consolation prizes were grabbed by Ufaf Haya of Ayesha Tarin Modern School, Nikita Motwani of St. Fidelis and Mohammad Umam as well as Syeda Fatima Zehra Zaidi of Our Lady of Fatima respectively.

Under the senior group, Tahir Hussain of STS High School won the First Prize, Ahmad Uzair of Our Lady Of Fatima won the second prize and Salman Mustafa of STS High School bagged the third prize. The consolation prizes were conferred upon Ankita and Khadeeja of St. Fidelis as well as Adeeba of AMU City Girls’ High School respectively.

Mrs. Sabiha Khan, Principal ABPS presided over the competition. Dr. Arman Rasool Faridi, Dr. Raghib Gauhar, Dr. Naghma Azhar and Dr. Asif Akhtar from Aligarh Muslim University  were the judges for the contest. Towards the end Mr. Arman Rasool  one of the esteemed judges gave students tips on the art of presenting a good debate and also distinguished between speech and debate .

In the end, Mrs. Tahera Husain, Vice Principal, ABPS proposed the vote of thanks. The programme came to an end with the Tarana – e – Al Barkaat and the National Anthem.

CCA Incharge Mr. Mahtab Ahmad, all the teachers, non teaching staff and student were present on this occasion.