DPS MIS :The Champion Debaters (Qatar Debate)

Three years back we at DPSMIS made humble beginnings at Qatar debate the national debating organization of Qatar with a team of 3 debaters. However today after having blazed a trail of victories we can proudly boast of being the top ranked debating school in Qatar, with a strong contingent of 40 debaters, whose only competition in Qatar is itself.

 

The fact that the school’s success at debating is not a one off event but a consistent string of victories, itself proves that a great deal of effort, planning and sustained training is provided tour students.

 

 

The key highlights of the debating activity at DPSMIS are a teaching-learning strategy that focuses on critical thinking and analytical skills while fostering teamwork and excellent communication. Debating has proved to be an effective tool for the active involvement of students in developing various competencies like researching current issues, preparing logical arguments, active listening, appreciating diversity of opinions and perspectives and then integrating information to form opinions based on evidence and facts not belief or preference.

 

 

Since DPSMIS encourages its students to look at issues from multiple points of views we believe it can be a powerful way to effect social change, which is the very purpose of any educational activity. Our young minds are actively engaged in sifting facts and understanding implications.

 

 

In a bid to expand the program and give exposure to as many students as possible we introduce 5-6 new faces for every tournament. Thus we can legimately take pride in the fact that the instructional strategy at DPSMIS is paying rich dividends in terms of developing our young men and women into intelligent conversationalists who can reckon with the best at any forum be it national or international.

 

 

The crowning glory of our achievements, apart from at least 5 league wins so far has been the 2nd and 3rd  best team positions at the Qatar National debating championships in April 2011 with Soundarya Krishnan being ranked 2nd among the top 10 debaters in Qatar.

Omar Sultan, Abhilasha Saini, Afreen Rahman, Eman Zabi, Shruti Srinivasan are our other star debaters.

NAAZ HAFIZ

(Debate coach)
         

THREE YEARS OF DPS MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL AT QATAR DEBATE

APRIL 2009 QATAR DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009.

 2 teams of 3 students each represented the school.The team comprising Akshata Prabhu, Abhilasha Saini, Afreen Rahman of grade X won the junior nationals trophy. Abhilasha Saini was adjudged the best speaker.

 

OCTOBER 2009 QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE.

2 teams of 3 students each represented the school. Geeta Rajeswar of grade XI was adjudged the best speaker.

 

APRIL-MAY 2010 QATAR DEBATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2010.

2 teams of 3 students each represented the school. Abhilasha Saini and Afreen Rahman bagged 10th and 17th   in the best speakers list. DPS MIS was placed 2nd in the overall rankings.

 

NOVEMBER 13, 2010 QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE.

2 teams of 3 students each represented the school.Team comprising Yuvaraj singh, Pavithra Manghaipathy and Omar Sultan bagged the best team trophy. Team comprising Saadiyah Mukadam,Abhilasha Saini and Afreen Rahman were adjudged the 2nd best team of the tournament. Afreen Rahman bagged the best speaker’s trophy whereas the other five team members figured in the top fifteen best speakers. DPS MIS was declared the topmost school in overall rankings. Two students also completed judges training.

 

Dec 11, 2010 QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE.

 3 teams of 3 students each represented the school.Team comprising Shaishav M.Shah, Pavithra and Omar Sultan were adjudged the best team of the tournament. Pavithra Manghaipathy was declared best speaker whereas 7 team members bagged best speakers medals. DPS MIS was declared the topmost school in overall rankings. Two students also completed judges training.

 

February 19th 2011 QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE.

3 teams of 3 students each represented the school. The team comprising D.Apoorva, Sonali Tiwari and Pranav Karthik bagged the best team trophy.

First runner up was bagged by team comprising Vane Swetah, Vatsal Patel and Tabish Khan. Second runner up was bagged by team comprising Deeksh Singh, Dhruv Relwani and Farah Khan. Dhruv Relwani was also declared the best speaker of the tournament whereas the other 8 speakers were awarded medals as best speaker prizes for being in the top fifteen speakers of the tournament. Once again DPS MIS was declared the topmost school in overall rankings. Two students also completed judges training. 

 

March 26, 2011 QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE

 

The tournament was held on March 26th at Al Rayyan independent school. The team comprising Soundharya Krishnan, Shruthi Srinivas and Eman Zabi was declared the best team whereas Eman bagged the best speaker individual Trophy.

 

The four teams of DPS-MIS were ranked number one in the tournament based on their combined wins. Soundharya Krishnan was ranked 3rd, Shruthi Srinivas bagged the 4th position, Rehab Nainar 8th and Pranav Karthik 9th among the top 15 speakers of the tournament.

 

Apart from this, Sonali Tiwari, Haritha Ramadorai and Shahnaz Baji managed to get the 13th, 14th and 15th ranks, respectively. Two students also completed judges training.

 

April 30 QATAR DEBATE NATIONALS

The DPS-MIS debate teams bagged the Second and Third best teams trophy at the Qatar debate Nationals   which was held on the 30th of April at the Al-Wakrah Secondary School for boys. At least 30 teams from all over Qatar participated .DPSMIS entered the national finals for the first time ever. Soundharya Krishnan was declared the second best speaker of the QSDL nationals.

Team SES, comprising of Soundharya Krishnan, Eman Zabi and Shruthi Srinivasan, won three out of four debates and were ranked 3rd. They defeated extremely strong teams such as Park House and Birla Public School but unfortunately lost to the Al-Rassallah team. Team SOA comprising of Shaishav Mayur Shah, Omar Sultan and Afreen Rahman, won 4 debates and went up against Doha College in the grand finale in front of a huge audience.

 

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FIRST QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE

This year, the first session of QSDL was held on Saturday, 22nd October 2011 at the Khalifa Independent School for boys. Around 100 speakers in 37 teams from 19 different schools in Doha participated in this memorable event. The trio - Vane Swetah, Haritha R and Farah Khan - was judged as the third best team. Farah Khan and D. Apoorva secured the sixth and the eighth best speaker positions. 37 teams debated and 19 schools participated (the biggest tournament of QSDL so far)

 

SECOND QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE

This year, the second session of QSDL was held on 3rd December 2011 at Mohamed Bin Abdul Wahab ISSB for boys. Around 36 teams debated and 20 schools participated in this memorable event. Three teams represented DPSMIS. Team comprising Maria Joby, Hari Prasad, Rajvardhan Singh and Varun Elangovan, Saurabh Kadam, Vatsal Patel bagged the best team trophies. The other debaters were Trishia Edan, Olivia Thomas, Farah Khan.

 

THIRD QATAR SCHOOLS DEBATING LEAGUE

This year, the third session of QSDL was held at Tareq Bin Ziyad Independent Secondary School for Boys on January 14, 2012 where 42 teams debated and 21 schools participated. DPSMIS was represented by three teams. Team comprising Halak Sheth, Hari Prasad, Saurabh Kadam bagged the third best team trophy. The other participants were Anton Paulson, Rajvardhan Singh, Vane Swetah, Harita Ramadorai, Sariska Sujaini, and Shenaz Baji.

DPS MIS has been leading the debate scene this year as well.

By Naaz Hafiz.