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Star Campus-drishty Debate Competition

'Debate makes students knowledgeable'

Our Correspondent, Chittagong
The final round and prize giving ceremony of the inter-class debate competition of Cider International School titled 'Star Campus-Drishty Debate for Generation Next’ was held on the school campus in the port city yesterday.
Class IX-B clinched the title defeating Qass IX-A in the final round of the competition. The topic was Scientists are mostly responsible for natural disasters'.
Shafkat Fahmid of the winning team was adjudged the best debater.
Eight teams consisting the students of Class VI to Class IX participated at the competition that began on January 21.
Teachers of the school Shamim Ara Begum, Sadia Afroz
Chowdhury and Ibrahim Chowdhury and D r i s ht y Secretariat Member Afsana Rahman Chowdhury were the judges while Debleena Gupta was the moderator in the final round.
Professor Dr Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, member of the board of governors of the school, was the chief guest at the ceremony while Matiur Rahman, another member of the board of governors, was the special guest.
Drishty, a cultural organisation, organised the competition sponsored by The Daily Star. Radio Foorti was the radio partner of the competition.
Prof Iftekhar urged the students to participate at debate competitions, as it would give them the opportunity of acquiring the latest information and be knowledge-
able.
Students through practicing debate from primary level could be familiar with different contemporaryissues and various problems of modem age and this would help them address those issues and mitigate it easily in future, he said.
Acting Principal of the school Madhumita Das Gupta urged the students to participate in extra curricular activities side by side their studies in order to enhance the periphery of their knowledge.
She also thanked the organisers for arranging such an event.
Drishty President Masud Bakul, General Secretary Saif Chowdhury and Vice President Kashshaful Hoque Shehzad were present at the programme conducted by senior teacher and coordinator of the school Alexious Serrao.