The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate

The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School English Debate is held in the honor of Frank Anthony.

It is among the most prestigious inter-school, annual debate competition organised by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CICSE). Participants represent their schools and are divided into two groups (Category I for students of Standards XI and XII and Category II for students of Standards IX and X). Over 1,600 schools participate in the event each year.^[1]^[2]

The Debate competition is spread over three levels - Regional, Zonal and National Levels.

Each school sends two students from each group mentioned above. The topic is only revealed to the students an hour before the actual debate by way of opening a sealed envelope in their presence. This ensures that no pre-written material can be used in the debate. Students are expected to speak for a total time period of four minutes which is followed by two minutes of questioning and rebuttals. The students are allowed to and expected to refer to journals, magazines, and other books from the library during the one hour time to generate matter for their speaking time. No internet access or use of any electronic devices is allowed and referring to a written script during their speaking time is strictly discouraged.

The debate stands out from other debate competitions because of its highly competitive and elitist edge.

The debate is only open to CISCE accredited schools.

Various years of debate

2011

Round 3 - National

Category 2

Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Date	Host School	Topic	Winner	Best Speaker Yuvraj Singh Chauhan	Runner-up speaker	Second runner-up speaker
18 April 2011	The Shri Ram School, Aravali, Gurgaon	India should abolish death penalty	Bishop Cotton School, Shimla	Akantuk Sharma	Uday Rustagi	Manisha Verma

2012

Round 3 - National

Category 2

Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Date	Host School	Topic	Winner	Best Speaker	Runner-up speaker	Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013	Modern High School, Calcutta	The youth of today will follow the values laid down by the older generation	Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai	mark spencer		Vedika Walia

2013

Round 3 - National

Category 2

Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Date	Host School	Topic	Winner	Best Speaker	Runner-up speaker	Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013	The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New Delhi	Most of the problems of students today arise from their unrestricted freedom	Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai	Kanishk Mittal	Maahir Shah

Category 1

Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Date	Host School	Topic	Winner	Best Speaker	Runner-up speaker	Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013	The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New Delhi	A world without discipline is lawless	Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai	vedika Walia		Sidharth Nambiar

2014

Round 1 - Regional

The first round of debate of the year 2014 was conducted in the following schools and zones with the topic mentioned accordingly.

Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Winners	First Runners-up
West	12 July 2014	Gokuldham High School, Goregaon	"Can the Environment sustain the current rate of Industrialization ?"	Lilavatibai Podar School, Mumbai	Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai
West	12 July 2014	Eklavya School, Ahmedabad	"Can the Environment sustain the current rate of Industrialization ?"	S. N. Kansagra School, Rajkot	Anandniketan, Ahmedabad

Round 2 - Zonal

Zone	Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Zone	Date	Host School	Topic	Winners	First Runners-up
West	19 August 2014	Bombay Scottish School, Mahim	" Can we Swap Thermal Energy for Nuclear Energy and save our environment?"	S.N. Kansangra School, Rajkot	None

Round 3 - National

Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Date	Host School	Topic	Winners	First Runners-up
25 September 2014	St. Gregorios High School, Chembur, Mumbai	The money spent in space research should be spent in protecting the environment	Campion School Mumbai	-

2015

Round 1 - Regional

Region	Date	Classes	Host School	Topic	First Place		Second Place
Region	Date	Classes	Host School	Topic	West	15 July 2015	11th and 12th	Ryan International School, Kharghar	Today friends have replaced family
West	15 July 2015	11th and 12th	Jasudbhen ML School Khar	Today friends have replaced family	St Marys ICSE School Koperkhairane: Shlok Parida & Poornima Jacob	Bombay Scottish High School
North	15 July 2015	10th	La Martiniere College, Lucknow	Competition leads to the death of Relationships	Winners: The Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi Jatin Jha and Oishani Chowdhary	Runners Up: Scottish High, Gurgaon
North	15 July 2015	9th and 10th	Scottish High,Gurgaon	Competition leads to the death of Relationships	Winners: St.Stephen's School, Chandigarh Pratham Kalra and Kavya Garg
East	15 July 2015	9th and 10th	Delhi Public School, Megacity(Kolkata) South City International School	Competition leads to the death of relationships.	Winners at Delhi Public School Megacity: La Martiniere for boys, Kokata. Vidush Sinha and Arka Chaterjee Winners at South City International School: La Martinere for Girls Mihikaa Goenka and Anandini Saha	Runners Up: Our Lady Queen of the Missions. Runners Up: The Heritage School,Kolkata
South	15 July 2015	9th and 10th		Competitions lead to the death of relationships.	Winners: Hari Sri Vidhya Nidhi School, Thrissur (Kerala)	Eleza Vinod and Sangeetha T.S

Round 2 - Zonal

Region	Date	Classes	Host School	Topic	First Place		Second Place
Region	Date	Classes	Host School	Topic	North	18 August 2015	9th and 10th	The Heritage School, Dehradun	Man is a social being in its true sense today like never before.	Winners: St.Stephen's School, Chandigarh Pratham Kalra and Kavya Garg

The Level I Debate was won by The Heritage School, Kolkata. Mohit Poddar, of The Heritage School, Kolkata was adjudged the Best Speaker in the Finals while Loyola School, Jamshedpur were the runners-up. The 2015 level II debate was won by Aayush Rathod and Shrutika Mane of the Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Thane and was held in Dehradun. Loyola School, Jamshedpur was the 2nd Runners-Up in this category too.

2016

The first round of the debate in 2016 was on July 15. The National Round was held on September 25.

The National Winners for Category 2 were Nitya K Nair and Megha N Nair from L'ecole Chempaka, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Best Speaker was Nitya K Nair. The national runners-up were Adarsh Sriram and Shivali Shah from Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai.

2018

Round 1 - Regional

The first round of debate of the year 2018 was conducted in the following schools and zones with the topic mentioned accordingly.

Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Winners	First Runners-up
	11 July 2018	Sandeepani Vidya Niketan, Thrichur ; Senior category (11th & 12th grade)	"A healthy mind in a healthy body is not being encouraged in our schools"	L'ecole Chempaka ; Trivandrum Best speaker : Nitya K Nair Runner up speaker : Megha N Nair	Pallikoodam

Round 1 - Regional

The first round of debate of the year 2018 was conducted in the following schools and zones with the topic mentioned accordingly.

Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Awards
Region	Date	Host School	Topic	Winners	First Runners-up
Eastern	11 July 2018	St. Michael's School, Durgapur ; Senior category (11th & 12th grade)	"A healthy mind in a healthy body is not being encouraged in our schools"	Nirmala Convent School, Siliguri Best speaker : Prerna Khaitan Runner up speaker : Nishi Agarwal	St. Agnes School, Kharagpur

References

↑ "Frank Anthony inter-school debate championship hosted in Panchkula - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
↑ "Inter-school debate". The Tribune. 25 July 2017.

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[1] "Frank Anthony inter-school debate championship hosted in Panchkula - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-10.

[2] "Inter-school debate". The Tribune. 25 July 2017.