ACHIEVEMENT -- 5:

HAT-TRICK BY STANES SCHOOL BAGGING DEBATE TITLE FOR THIRD YEAR

P S SUNDAR

Stanes Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, has done a hat-trick by winning the championship for the third consecutive year in the annual debate conducted by the Nilgiri Library at Ooty.

“This year’s debate was on ‘Tourism in The Nilgiris – a boon or a bane?  Our student R Bhaavya of standard XII who spoke on ‘bane’ bagged the First Prize.  Our student M Diyas who spoke on ‘boon’ claimed the third prize”, Stanes Principal Glenn Croning told me after complimenting the students.

“They were adjudged to be strong on their points and in expressing them on stage based not only on their speech but the way they answered the numerous questions posed to them by other contestants and the audience”, he said.

“By virtue of this, they opened a new chapter in the debating history of our school crowning us with the ‘overall shield’ and the title for the third consecutive year and two ‘Best Speaker’ awards among the contestants from 17 schools”, Croning noted.

“We follow the maxim ‘Keep going .. Keep talking.. Cheers’ for training our debaters”, he added.

M Diya (left) and R Bhaavya (right) with Principal Glenn Croning.

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