The State
prelims of 27 debates involving 81 teams
with one debate between three teams will
be held on the 30th and 31st of August,
2006.
Statements for
State Prelims
- Clothes maketh a man.
- There is no absolute good.
- Good upbringing results in a person
becoming good.
- It is okay to have a politically weak
Prime Minister.
- Mathematics need not be taught at
school level.
- Parents’ ambition is a hindrance
to a child’s independent growth.
- Science would have not lost much by
keeping Pluto as a planet.
- Scientific education does not inculcate
scientific temperament.
- The whole world is a stage and life
is a drama.
- There are ethics in the field of medicine.
- There is a little stupidity in everybody.
- Travel makes a person wiser.
- Wisdom is a consequence.
- It is more dangerous when bureaucrats
are corrupt than politicians.
- For Indians history is no more than
text book stories.
- Environment is an issue for poor countries.
- Television is inducing bad morals.
- Love is a thing of the past for the
present generation.
- People are losing value for money.
- It is okay to earn wealth by any means
as long as you are not physically harming
anyone.
- Politicians are indispensable.
- We can live without mobile phones.
- It is important to look good.
- In India poor people will remain poor
even in 2020.
- Newspaper is more interesting than
school textbooks.
- Peace initiatives with Pakistan is
the only way to resolve disputes.
- Our governments do not understand
our needs.
- A progressive person should not believe
in God.
- Development of technology is intellectual
mischief.
Participants are expected to be prepared
for all the statements.
The statement for debate
will be available per debating group only
2 hours in advance from among the statements
in the list by way of a blind draw.
The debates will be between
three teams at a time. The total duration
of each debate will be 15 minutes. Each
team (any of the team members may speak)
is given a maximum of one minute per argument.
A total of 5 minutes will be made available
for each team in slots of 1 minute each.
Team names per debate
will be announced at 9 am at the venue
on the day of the event and the call number
and time of each debate will also be given.
The first debate will start in approximately
two hours after the first announcement
of the first statements.
After the completion
of the argument by each team or at the
expiry of the one minute time, or whichever
is earlier, the opportunity will pass
on to the next team. On completion of
the arguments, or on completion of eight
rounds, or on expiry of 15 minutes stipulated
per debate, or whichever is earlier the
debate will be concluded and the judges
will complete evaluation.
Any team may finish
their arguments at any stage, any round
or at any time within stipulated time.
If all the three teams finish the arguments
early then the debate will be deemed concluded.
No extension of time will be given to
any team after the debate is over, however
interesting or incomplete the argument
maybe. At the end of debate, the highest
scoring team among the three teams per
debate is declared the winner for the
debate. |
