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As part of Army Day celebrations 2016, National Level Inter Army Public School (APS) Debate Competition was held at APS, Shankar Vihar, Delhi Cantt today. The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen MMS Rai, was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the Vice Chief of Army Staff said that the event was organized as part of Army Day celebrations 2016. Army Day celebration is an occasion to remember those Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice and showed us the way to Selfless Sacrifice and Patriotism. As the entire event was being webcast live, he exhorted the students of Army’s Educational Institutions to leave no stone unturned in their pursuit for excellence and expressed his desire to see more young men and women from APSs join the Armed Forces.

The debating spectacle was the culmination of a hard fought series at cluster and regional level Competitions where APS across India vied for top honours. Debating on the topic “Academic excellence infused with skill development alone meet the future challenges ", APS Patiala emerged winners and APS Lucknow (Nehru Road) were runners up. Miss Jyotshana Singh of APS Bikaneer was adjudged Best Speaker ‘for the motion’, Miss Aafreen Choudhary of APS Patiala ‘against the motion’ and Mr Anish Sundaram of APS Udhampur as the ‘best interjector’.

The Vice Chief also gave away prizes for Academic Excellence to schools that have performed creditably in CBSE Class XII exams in 2014-15. Trophies were also given to schools topping the list for maximum contributions to training establishments.

Col Rohan Anand
PRO (Army)