A State-level debate competition was held on Monday virtually. The topic for the debate competition was 'Effect of Covid-19 on Academics'. The students expressed their view-points about online education and offline education during the debate competition.
The competition was organized by Science Center, Gwalior Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with National Council for Science and Technology Communication, New Delhi. More than 100 participants from different districts of the State participated in this state level debate competition
At the inauguration of this online competition, Ramdev Bhardwaj, Vice Chancellor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University, while addressing the students said that Covid-19 has affected academics especially in rural areas, where there is no network. But, during this time when all the paths seem to be closed, then they experienced a new beginning.
In the programme, the participants put forward their side and facts with great enthusiasm. Anavi, a student of Khargone, told about the many benefits of online education, that we get a chance to take a class from a teacher of our choice, while Kanishka, a student of Bhopal, underlined the impact of online education on the health of children. She said that with this method only 30-40 percent of the children were able to read while the rest were deprived of education. Similarly, children expressed many concerns about their future.
Presiding over the programme, Amogha Kumar Gupta of Vigyan Bharati Madhya Bharat Province said that children have also benefited from many things during this time, spending time with their families and understanding them is also a great achievement of this time. Many children have used this time to complete many online courses.
The Vice Chancellor of Sam Global University N.K. On this occasion, Tiwari said that if we create awareness regarding Covid in children through such programmes, then the ability of children will be developed to fight against the adversity that comes ahead.
After the debate, a felicitation programme was held. In favor students Sanat Nandkishore-Bhopal, Anvesha Verma-Dewas, Harshvardhan Rathore-Guna, Anavi Moyde,Khargone, Alisha Khan,Seoni, Aryan Singh,Shahdol, Anubhuti Singh,Ujjain won the prize for best speakers. Whereas in opposition students Sanket Yadav,Barwani, Kanishka Dixit,Bhopal, Poonam Sharma and Aksha Khan,Dewas, Antara Singh,Khargone, Parineeti Jain,Mandla, Piyush Boyle,Shajapur, Atiba Fatima, Indore were the best speakers.