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Organization : Central Board of Secondary Education
Competition Name : Dr.B.R Ambedkar 125th Birth Anniversary Mock Parliamentary Debate 2015
Applicable States/UT : All India

Website : http://cbseacademic.in/
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Dr.B.R Ambedkar 125th Birth Anniversary Mock Parliamentary Debate 2015:

The Central Board of Secondary Education joins hands with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar.

Eligibility : Students of Classes XI & XII

All School Heads are directed to give necessary guidelines to all teachers and students, along with ensuring that details of how to conduct the MOCK PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE are readily accessible to them. The programme may be conducted in a suitable venue in the presence of students who will learn from and appreciate the dynamism of Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar, in shaping our democracy. For further clarifications, please write to P Rajeswary, Education Officer, CBSE at: rajeswary.cbse@gmail.com.

Conducting a Parliamentary Style Debate :

Preparation for the Mock Parliamentary Debate:
** School Heads, along with their teachers and students’ could visit the Parliament or State Assembly to watch the debates.
** Social Sciences / Political Science /History teachers may take the lead by familiarizing students about the Constituent Assembly.
** Debates [1946-1950], the formal procedure, style of speech, seating, role of members etc.
** Identify issues that can be debated by students in the current socio-political context.
** Conduct practice debates, using both role playing of historical debates and debating on issues that concern society today.
** Watch broadcasts of parliamentary and state assembly debates to better appreciate the issues being debated by various departments.
** These are available online and periodically broadcast on television.
** The business of debate may be conducted either in Hindi or English, in class.

The Mock Parliamentary Debate:

1. The programme may be conducted in a large hall or open space, and the audience are the spectators.
2. Seating and sound system should reflect the arrangements in the parliament.
3. Teachers in charge will facilitate the participants to observe the sequence and procedures of the Parliamentary debate. They may also ensure that students in their different roles/representing various government departments come well prepared with what they want to speak about on the issue/s to be debated.
4. Please choose from the given list of themes or use your own, based on the Constituent Assembly Debates.

Suggested Themes for Debate:

1. Whether this House believes that free speech is not absolute.

2. Government plans to enforce tribal rights and improvement in their quality of life through appropriate interventions while retaining and preserving their cultural ethos

3. Government’s plans to redefine the basis for reservation to ensure balance, equity and inclusiveness in the areas of health, education and employment opportunities.

4. Encouragement and incentives available to women to form self -help groups and ensuring increased availability of micro finance for disadvantaged groups

5. Whether reservation for women in legislative bodies is practised in letter and spirit.

6. In the digital age, it has become increasingly challenging to monitor the quality of content accessed by very young children.
What is the government’s policy in place to rectify this?
What investment in human resources is needed to develop necessary safeguards?

7. Whether the House has made ‘living wages’ and youth employment opportunities a part of the human rights agenda?

8. Capital punishment is unjust and degrading.

9. India needs a uniform civil code, which is both secular and non-sexist.

10.Whether promoting consumerism has negatively impacted the quality of life in the country?