Kolkata's St James enters next round of inter-school debate

Jamshepdur, Aug 03 (UNI) Kolkata's St James School today qualified to next round of Frank Anthony Memorial All India Inter-School Debate Competition 2007 at the Narbheram Hansraj English School (NHES) here.

Altogether six leading schools including three each from Kolkata and here had participated in the debate with the motion ''In today's rat race-Human being losses out the finer things in life.'' Six students from Kolkata's The Heritage, St James and La Martiniere and same number from Gulmohur High, Hill Top and Little Flower School of here engaged in an entertaining debate for and against the motion.

St James' School team consisting of Sourav Chakravorty and Vedanta Munshi got better over Jamshedpur's Hill Top School represented by Tania Sengupta and Swati Singh.

Munshi was also adjuged the best speaker of the debate by the three-member panel of the judges.

NHES had hosted the competition for the first time.

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