Karachi: Declamation competitions foster the thinking and analytical skills among students and constructive arguments help understanding each others views thus creating a more progressive society. These views were expressed by panel of judges at bilingual declamation competition held at Dawood Public School.
Experts said that such competitions help students mastering the language they speak in and fine tunes their powers of persuasion.
Nine schools including The Anchorage School, The City School, Foundation Public School, Habib Girls Secondary School, International School of Studies, The Mama Parsi Secondary School, River Oaks Academy and St. Michaels Convent School participated in this declamation competition.
The topics for English Declamation were To try & Fail is better then not to have tried at all, Would a mechanical teacher be better than a human teacher and Can terrorism ever be justified? While the topics for Urdu declamation were The use of technology making youngsters lazy and Bad behavior of youngsters: who to blame?
All the students presented their views and arguments with utmost zeal and confidence and left a forceful impact on the audience and students alike.
Huma Baqar Mama Parsi School was declared first while Ammara Mohsin Anchorage School and Javeria Khalid St. Michael School got second and third position respectively in English language declamation. Hira Arshad Habib Girls School secured first position, Kiran Lakhani Mama Parsi School got second and Sana-e-Zehra St. Michael School got third position in Urdu language declamation