Creative students participated in VidhuShe debate competition

Manabi Adhikari and Rojee Pachabhaiya 

June 11, Kirtipur

     8 students of 'Creative Academy' participated in a debate competition organized by DNN(Debate Network Nepal) and KUSOM(Kathmandu University School Of Management) debate club at KUSOM on May 26-29.VidhuShe debate competition is organized for students interested in debate  belonging to any school. This competition was supported by the Shequal Foundation. According to the debate mentor of Creative Academy, Piyush Murarka, the competition is organized every year only for women and gender minorities.

    According to the organizer there were nearly 90 participants, comprising 24 teams, 48 debaters and around 18 adjudicators in the competition. Republica Gautam, Slesha Shiwakoti, Jessica Shrestha, Shreeya Chand, Jenisha Shah, Bidisha Basnet, Ansu Maharjan and Salin Adhikari participated from Creative Academy.There were two students in each team.By calculating from every team from Creative Academy,they held first position four times and second position four times. Republica Gautam and Slesha Shiwakoti for first and second two times . Jessica Shrestha and Shreeya Chand for the first and second time . Jenisha Shah and Bidisha Basnet got first position once and Ansu Maharjan and Salin Adhikari got second position once.

    'It is very good that they organize this tournament every year' stated a participant. The tournament ended on May 29 and Team Anything works (Jeni Gurung and Shreya Singh) were announced as the winners. From the novice category ,team MJ24C (Avilasha Adhikari and Sangya Lamichhane) claimed top honors .Republica Gautam along with other 2 students won the joint award for ‘Movie Best Speaker’ representing our school in the competition.