Inter college debate competition

This debate competition was a quest for knowing what is right and wrong and was also a day of conjugation for Gaeddu College with other colleges: College of Science and Technology, Samtsi College of Education and Royal Thimphu College, under the Royal University of Bhutan, Inter alia, Global Skill Enhancement Center, the surrogate Literary club, of Gaeddu College took the initiative to organize this inter college debate competition both in Dzongkha and English on 23 May, 2012 to celebrate Sherig Centenary (100 years of modern education in Bhutan). The debate was held in the multipurpose hall of Gaeddu College. The chief guests of the day were Dr. Sonam Kinga, the vice chairman of National Council and Mr. Tshewang Jurmey, the member of National Council. The issue of dzongkha debate was “The Corporal punishment is needed in schools”. It was grounded on the state of affairs that had aroused in the nation. The situations like youth problems and discipline issues demanded the corporal punishment, which was stopped in 2008. The topic highlighted in English was on “The Rupee shortage in the country is the result of inefficient and ineffective regulation in the government system”. It was necessitated by the issue of rupee crunch in the nation. The main theme of the debate was based on “Transforming higher education through public reasoned discourses”. The four colleges were divided into two teams with four participants each. So there were four contestants from each college, two for Dzongkha and two for English debate. All the partakers took part actively in the event and made the audience vigorous listeners. The spectators gave standing ovation stating that all the contenders were winners and there were no losers. Dr. Sonam Kinga stated that there was no winner and loser in the debate as all the views and points presented had some place or recognition in a democratic society. He emphasized that all the citizens are to be aware of the situations of the nation and contribute something that can be helpful to the nation. The nation and the King can be proud of Bhutanese as they are smart and intelligent.