Debashmi Chakrabarti of Modern High School, for girls in Kolkata, has become the first participant from India to win a 100 percent scholarship to attend the Felsted International Summer School 2021.
The Kolkata based student who is in the year nine of high school, took part in the Felsted Summer School Programme, which was organised virtually this year, from 6th to 17th July by Felsted School, Essex, United Kingdom. The courses offered were, Global Studies and English. The IGCSE students of Modern High School for Girls, participated in this Programme, along with over 600 participants from 40 countries. At the end, all the students took part in the Felsted Global Scholarship Competition. Based on their contributions, Debashmi Chakrabarti emerged as the winner and she has been awarded a 100 percent scholarship to attend the Felsted International Summer School 2021.
Debashmi exclusively spoke to Asian Voice and shared that the course was introduced to her by her teachers. “We were basically given access to the online summer school programme. It was a two week course. Everyday we got a new topic and we had 673 students from about 40 countries in the Global Studies course. We learnt about international relations, wildlife protection, realism, social constructivism and more,” she said.
The entire course has had a huge impact on her holistic understanding of global issues which is also a subject in her school that was introduced this year. Learning in a multicultural and truly global digital environment Debashmi said that she didn’t expect varied responses for each question. “Opinions varied from country to country and individual to individual,” she added.
Explaining more about the scholarship that Debashmi has won for the Felsted International Summer School 2021, she said, “It’s a two week course. We were given a sort of task where we were supposed to present a review of our take away from the programme and if we won the scholarship, why would be great for the course. So I made a video about that and I was fortunate enough to win the scholarship.”
A very excited Debashmi added, “I’m really looking forward to meeting those people in person.” When asked about her career goals and aspirations, she said, “I’m really leaning towards the field of journalism. Because I love to write and speak. I also like experimenting with mystery and psychological thrillers.” She writes movie reviews once in a month for a website that has collaborated with all prestigious schools of Kolkata.
