The
management, staff and students of Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao School, organised
a two day Inter- School Debating Event, “The Battle-On.”The event took place on
the 28th and 29th of October 2015.“The Battle-On”, over the years, has been and
continues to be a platform to discuss topics of importance in a civilized and
intellectual manner. The aim of the Battle is to let students voice their views
and opinions on the most pressing issues in today’s world.The event had over
300 students from nearly 32 schools including schools from Erode and Kerala.
The students battled out on various topics which including, “The Indian
Corporate sector should be allowed to donate money for political campaigns” “India needs to solve its agrarian crisis
rather than push for ‘Make in India’”, etc. The final debating topic was “The
Indian Juvenile Justice Bill seeking to equate 16 to 18 year olds committing
heinous crimes with adult criminals is unjustified”.
The chief guest for the
inauguration function of ‘The Battle-On 2015’
was Mrs. C. Prema Kumar,
Correspondent of Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao School, Lady Andal House of
Children and Sir Mutha School.The valedictory function was presided over by the
former Union Minister Mr P .Chidambaram. He appreciated the efforts of the
students for keeping the art of debating alive. He appealed to all students
gathered never to give up the attitude of questioning as that will pave the way
for a healthy society. Bhavans Rajaji Vidhyasharam Chennai was the winner of
the Battle-On 2015 and
Bhavans Vidhya Mandir, Eranakulam was the runners up.
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