Mostafa Shiblee (profiled in September, 1998 Changemakers) has fostered children's accountability for their education and for their voice in society through the creation of debate societies. A gifted speaker himself, winner of several prizes for public speaking, Shiblee believed that creating parliamentary-style debate clubs throughout the secondary schools in Bangladesh could help cure a widespread affliction of student violence, drug addiction and general apathy. In 1991, when the establishment of Bangladesh's first democratic government opened the door for change, Shiblee's dream went into high gear. He set out to establish a system of parliamentary debates to teach students to identify and analyze their country's problems, develop thoughtful, imaginative methods to solve them and learn about conflict resolution.

By learning these things before they got to university, they could restore a constructive student activism based on social responsibility and develop a new generation of leaders in a democratic society. They also improve listening skills and independent thinking, the essence of quality education in the modern world.