Debate to enrich the north-south reconciliation dialogue
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Jaffna Hindu College and Ananda College, Colombo recently held their annual English Debate between the two schools which is organised every year for the “Panikkar–Thanabalasingham Challenge” in memory of two senior teachers who excelled in teaching science and encouraging English at Ananda.
This year, the English Debate for the “Panikkar–Thanabalasingham Challenge” was held for the third consecutive year at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute on April 30. The “Sivagurunathan Memorial Challenge”, a cricket encounter between the two schools was also held over the last weekend.
The banquet dinner to celebrate these events was held at The Kingsbury on May 1 with the participation of Chief Justice K. Sripavan who is an alumnus of Jaffna Hindu College as the Chief Guest.
The debate was graced by Principal of Jaffna Hindu College, Deputy Principals of Ananda College, President of the Ananda Old Boys’ Association, President of Jaffna Hindu College OBA – Colombo, President of Jaffna Hindu College OBA Jaffna, eminent old boys, members of the staff, parents, and students from both Jaffna Hindu College and Ananda College.
The Jaffna Hindu College English Debate team proposed that “This house believes that governments with racially diverse populations should not record the ethnic or racial background of their citizens”, while Ananda College English Debating team opposed it.
The debate was won by Ananda College.
The event will be organised next year in Jaffna.