Events Calendar

Online Elimination Test (OET)   1 July – 6 September 2009
The Online Elimination Test (OET) is the first stage of Debating Matters India. School teams need to register themselves, note down the topic and download the Topic Guide and appear for the test once they are through with their preparation.

Schools are advised to proceed to the test section only after they are confident about taking the test. We will not entertain requests of a repeat test.

The time limit for OET is 1 hour (60 minutes).

After the Online Elimination Test, the scripts will be marked by a panel of British Council examiners. The examiners will not have access to any detail of the schools concerned, such as name of school or pupil’s names.

Regional Finals   27 November – 4 December 2009
Twelve schools from each region will move on to the Regional Finals. The competition will be a two-day event. The first day will feature the preliminary round of debates, and Day Two is for the semi finals and the final.

Both the winner and the runner-up from this stage will travel to New Delhi for Debating Matters National Finals.

National Finals   14 – 16 January 2010
Eight schools from all four regions will participate in the Debating Matters National Finals. The finals will be a three day affair, and on the first day the students take part in preparatory seminars led by expert panellists. The second day will feature the preliminary debates involving all eight teams. The third day of the competition will feature the semi finals and the grand finale debate.