Pre-world Schools Debating Championship concludes
Staff Correspondent
A three-day Pre-world Schools Debating Championship 2007 ended at The Red Brick School at Uttara in the city yesterday.More than 30 schools took part in the debating competition organised by Bangladesh Debating Council (BDC). After eight rounds of preliminaries and semi-finals, two finalist teams have emerged: Manarat International School-A and International School Dhaka (ISD)-A. The two teams confronted each other at the Final held last night and battled for the ultimate championship. Sohara Mehroze, Mehidi Bin Samad and M Hasanul Kaiser represented Manarat while ISD team comprises Shafkat Manir, Shabab Mirza and Virjen Afawar. The motion for the final round debate was 'This house believes that we should enforce a Ministerial Code of Ethics'. A total of five best debaters, including the three from the champion team, will represent Bangladesh in the World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) 2007 to be held in South Korea in July, the organisers said. The WSDC, a high profile annual debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries, is being held since 1988. This year, teams from more than 50 countries will take part in the competition. A total of 60 adjudicators assessed the competing teams in the Pre-world Schools Debating Championship, the organisers added. Australian Council on Education (ACE) was the co-sponsor of the championship while ACI Creative Communication was the media promoter.
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