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• Inter-School Extempore Debate August 16
  Pathways World School, Gurgaon
  

On the 2nd of August 2018, The Rotary Club of Delhi hosted the annual inter-school extempore debate competition at India International Centre. Pathways, among several other reputable schools was invited to participate, and was represented by Suhani Thandi and Vidur Narayan Channa of Grade 12. The two students worked conscientiously and in cooperation with each other, resulting oratory excellence in all the debates in which they partook.

For each debate, the participating teams were randomly assigned to compete, and the propositions were given 30 minutes prior to the debate. The first two rounds were the preliminary "knock-out" rounds, wherein each member of the team spoke for 4 minutes and the winning team moved to the next round. After winning both rounds by defeating the teams of DPS International School and The Shri Ram School, Moulsari, the Pathways delegates competed in, and won the semi-finals against Modern School, Vasant Vihar.

Our team debated in the finals with great perseverance and secured the position of runner-up. Vidur Narayan Channa also won the title of "Best Speaker" out of 32 participants.

The two participants are members of the Debate Club, a student-led initiative that focuses on building debating and oratory skills. The Debate Club has been running successfully under the leadership of 3 students of Grade 12 for the past year and encourages students to take part in events such as the Annual Rotary Club Debate Competition, in its endeavor to cultivate debate culture within Pathways.