The Great IFE Students’ Union has commenced the Freshers’ week with an Inter-Faculty debate comprising of 12 faculties represented by fresh students of each faculty. The debate session was held on Monday, November 4th, at Oduduwa Hall of the University.
The Panel of Judges, which include a former Public Relations Officer of the Students’ Union, Taofeek Ogunperi, accompanied by Nina Mercy Praise and Godspower Tarius, introduced the criterion of the debate; argument, fact, report, and time management. This criteria were used to evaluate the performance of each of the speakers.
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In the first round, 12 faculties competed against one another in pairs, leaving out Faculty of Law, the winner of the 2023 Inter Faculty Freshmen Debate, which has an automatic qualification to the second round of the debate. Faculty of Administration versus Faculty of Science; Faculty of Agriculture versus Faculty of Dentistry; Faculty of Technology versus Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences Versus Faculty of Education; Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Faculty of Social Sciences; Faculty of Environmental Design and Management versus Faculty of Pharmacy.
At the end of the first round Five Faculties moved into the second round with Faculty of Law (the last year winner), the faculties are: Faculty of Technology with 70 Marks, Faculty of Social Sciences with 67 marks, Faculty of Pharmacy with 62.67 marks, Faculty of Clinical Sciences with 64.3 marks, and Faculty of Education with 60.33 marks. But, representatives for the Faculty of Law were not present, and the top five faculties were made to continue with the second round.
However, in the Second round, the speakers were paired and were also given topics to debate on. The topics were; The Use of Phone in Tertiary Institution should be prohibited. (Faculty of Pharmacy versus Faculty of Clinical Sciences) Capital Punishment should be a reward for theft in Tertiary Institutions? (Faculty of Technology versus Faculty of Social Sciences). The Development of Power in Nigeria is hinged on Privatization of PHCN? (Faculty of Education).
After series of arguments, the faculties that proceeded to the final round were Faculty of Technology with 41.67 marks, Faculty of Social Sciences with 40. 6 marks, Faculty of Pharmacy with 38 marks and Faculty of Clinical Sciences with 37.67 marks. The three top faculties will be determined at the final round which will be held tomorrow at the 1000 Seater Lecture Theater by 10am.
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