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 is only open to CISCE accredited schools.

Various years of debate
Category 1
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
20 September 2008The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar, New DelhiThe Youth Should Aim for the stars and Forever Remain DissatisfiedLa Martiniere Girls College, LucknowShreevar Rastogi Radhica Kaushal
Category 1
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
20 September 2010St. Jude's School, DehradunIndia Should Have Compulsory Military ServiceDon Bosco School , Park CircusFrancisco Romaldo Mendes
Category 2
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
18 April 2011The Shri Ram School, Aravali, GurgaonIndia should abolish death penaltyBishop Cotton School, ShimlaAkantuk Sharma Uday RustagiManisha Verma
Category 2
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013Modern High School, Calcutta The youth of today will follow the values laid down by the older generationJamnabai Narsee School, Mumbaimark spencer Vedika Walia
Category 2
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New DelhiMost of the problems of students today arise from their unrestricted freedomJamnabai Narsee School, MumbaiKanishk MittalMaahir Shah
Category 1
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winner Best Speaker Runner-up speaker Second runner-up speaker
25 September 2013The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New DelhiA world without discipline is lawlessJamnabai Narsee School, Mumbaivedika Walia Sidharth Nambiar

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
Winners First Runners-up
West12 July 2014Gokuldham High School, Goregaon"Can the Environment sustain the current rate of Industrialization ?"Lilavatibai Podar School, Mumbai

Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai

West12 July 2014Eklavya 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
Winners First Runners-up
West19 August 2014Bombay Scottish School, Mahim " Can we Swap Thermal Energy for Nuclear Energy and save our environment?" S.N. Kansangra School, RajkotNone

Round 3 – National
Date Host School Topic Awards
Winners First Runners-up
25 September 2014St. Gregorios High School, Chembur, MumbaiThe money spent in space research should be spent in protecting the environment Campion School Mumbai-

Round 1 – Regional
Region Date Classes Host School Topic First Place Second Place
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
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. Loyola School, Jamshedpur was the only school to have qualified for both the category 1 and Category 2 of the debate.

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.

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
Winners First Runners-up
South 11 July 2018Sandeepani Vidya Niketan, Thrichur ; Senior category (11th & 12th grade)"A healthy mind in a healthy body is not being encouraged in our schoolL'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.

National Finals 2018

With the Diamond Jubilee of the council, the Frank Anthony memorial all India inter school debate competition's National finals were hosted in the Frank Anthony Public school, Delhi. The seniors round saw schools from all across India. The topic was "Famous dropouts are the ones that contribute most to society". The National champions were St. James' School Kolkata, represented by Rustam Biswas and Souti Mukhopadhyay. Souti Mukhopadhyay also won the award for best speaker in the finals.

2019


Round 2 – Zonal


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Zone Date Host School Topic Awards
Winners First Runners-up
South 19 August 2019Lakshmi School,Madurai ; Category II (9th & 10th grade)"Democracy is only possible if there is responsible press"Best Speaker: Michelle Simon ,Pallikoodam, Kottayam

Best Team: Pallikoodam, Kottayam

(Michelle Simon and Thea Ann Jacob)
West 19 August 2019 Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai;

Category II

 "Democracy is only possible if there is a responsible press" Best Speaker:

Karna Nayak, St. Mary's School, Pune

Runner-up Speaker:

Advait Sangle, Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai, Mumbai

Best Team:

Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai (Mrigaanka Sharma and Advait Sangle)



Round 3 – National Finals

The National Finals for the Frank Anthony memorial all India inter school debate were held in Kolkata on 25th September 2019. The senior round had schools from all across India, such as the Shriram Aravalli School, Delhi, and the Heritage school and defending champions St. James' School from Kolkata. The topic given was "The right to dissent is an integral part of any democracy". After a fiery round of debating, St. James' School was crowned National Champions for the second year running. The Heritage School was second runner up. The Best Speaker award went to Souti Mukhopadhyay, who is the only person to have won best speaker twice consecutively in the national finals of debate's long and prestigious history.

Date Host School Topic Awards
Winners First Runners-up
25 September 2019National English School, Kolkata"The right to dissent is an integral part of any democracy"St. James' School, Kolkata

Best speaker: 

Souti Mukhopadhyay (St. James' School, Kolkata)
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References
  1. "Frank Anthony inter-school debate championship hosted in Panchkula". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. "Inter-school debate". The Tribune. 25 July 2017.
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