Duel of Ideas: An Online Debate Competition

Published on: 27 Nov 2021

On 27th November, 2021, M.C.Kejriwal Vidyapeeth hosted a one of a kind debate competition,  ‘Duel of Ideas’, between its present students and the alumni. The debate was chaired by Professor (Dr) Suman K. Mukerjee, Director General, The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata. Our young debaters battled it out on the topic, “In the opinion of the house, learning English must be made compulsory for all.” The event was judged by Ms Moyuree Mukherjee, an active member of the Calcutta Debating Circle and Mr Biswajit Majumdar, Headmaster, M.C.Kejriwal Vidyapeeth. Acing the art of persuasion, Akash Goyal, an alumnus of MCKV (ISC 2012), was declared the ‘Best Speaker’.

The contest was a huge learning experience for our students as debates are a great tool in an interdisciplinary model of education. It also provided them an opportunity to augment the essential life skills of the 21st century - critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, problem solving, compromise and acceptance.