The 59th All India Inter School Chuckerbutty Memorial Debates took place at the Doon School . This year it witnessed the participation of 15 schools and over 56 debaters.This year a different approach -. the world debating format- was adopted. A format which at its core makes the debaters dissect the topic, that does not leave any issue unaddressed, that seeks to cause as many points of contention as it possibly can.,
Mayo College Ajmer and The Doon School reached the finals after 5 intense rounds of debating. The finals were held today ,chaired by Mrs. Priya Chaturvedi, the head of music at the Doon School.
The distinguished panel of judges consisted of Bolani Raha , Atul Sethi , Nazia Izuddin , Harsh Dobhal & Jaskiran Chopra The topic of the debate was ’ Bollywood has a lot to answer for ‘After an intense 45 minutes of debating, Mayo College Ajmer won the debates. Dr Peter Mclaughlin head master of the Doon School gave away the prizes . Without much doubt, this year proved to be eventful due to the quality of debate that took place over the course of 3 days.
Participating school were The Doon School, Mayo College Boys , Genesis Global School, Welham Girls School, Hopetown Girls School, Weham Boys School, RIMC, Jamanabhai Narsee School, Mayo College Girls School, Indian School, Oman, Modern High School Dubai, Vasant Valley School and Sherwood College Nainital.