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Prepared motions for WSDC 2015

The Motions Committee for the 2015 World Schools Debating Championships in Singapore has informed the organising committee that the motions for the 4 prepared preliminary rounds of this year’s championships will be as follows:

  • Preliminary Round 1: This House would ban the use of zero-hour contracts 
  • Preliminary Round 2: This House would require defendants in criminal trials to be represented exclusively by public defenders 
  • Preliminary Round 3: This House supports academic tracking in primary and secondary education
  • Preliminary Round 5: This House believes that cities with significant immigrant populations should actively break up ethnic enclaves

The motion for the Grand Final will be announced within the next few days.

All other rounds (preliminary rounds 4, 6, 7 and 8, the octo-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals) will be impromptu rounds for which the motion will be released only 1 hour before each debate begins.

The Motions Committee for the 2015 World Schools Debating Championships consists of the following individuals –

  • Members elected by the WSDC Tournament Committee:  Charlie Morris (England – Chairman), Branislav Fečko-Čegiň (Slovakia – Vice-Chairman), Hayah Eichler (Israel), Daniel de Kadt (South Africa) & Cindi Timmons (United States)
  • Members appointed by the host organising committee in Singapore:  Vernie Oliveiro (Singapore) & Samuel Myat San (Singapore)
  • Advisers appointed by the Tournament Committee Executive:  Joshua Park (Korea) & Claire Ryan (New Zealand)

Best of luck to all teams with their preparations for the preliminary round prepared motions!

Regards,

Mark Gabriel Convenor, WSDC 2015, Singapore

Singapore bid document for WSDC 2015

Singapore has released the bid document for its bid to host the 2015 World Schools Debating Championships.

Downloads

Anyone who wishes to contact Singapore’s bid committee can do so by e-mailing [email protected]. Further information about Singapore’s bid can also be found at the Singapore 2015 WSDC bid Facebook page.

Singapore’s bid committee will be making a presentation to the WSDC Tournament Committee at its upcoming meeting in Antalya on 3rd February.

Singapore bids to host WSDC 2015

Singapore is bidding to host the 2015 World Schools Debating Championships.

The Singapore bid committee has produced a bid video which can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKPBTOCYWpw&feature=youtu.be

The bid committee has also created a Facebook page which can be found at: www.facebook.com/SingaporeBidWSDC2015

The bid will be presented to the Tournament Committee during this year’s championship in Antalya. If you have any questions about the bid, you can contact the Singapore bid committee at [email protected]