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Adamawa Schools in Debate, Spelling and Quiz Championship





The tri-educational championship involving Debate, Quiz and Spelling Bee, got underway at the Christopher S. Abba Hall, inside St. Peters Seminary School, Jimeta, by 11am, with AUN ACADEMY I opening the day on the proposition and STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL, Numan, on the opposition they argued the topic: “schools should make it a requirement to teach music, creative and performing arts to their students.”
All debate sessions lasted 16 minutes: five minutes for the first speakers, three for the support speakers and a two-minute rebuttal period.
The first debate session was a heated 16 minutes of presentation by the first and supporting speakers: Miss Sa’adatu Abari and Master Wachi Sajo for of AUN ACADEMY I; Miss Rashida Shehu and Sanusi Umar of STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL, and then, a two-minutes rebuttal/summary to both sides, countering the assertions of either team through reasonable arguments and irrefutable evidence.




 


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