KUCHING: Secondary school students are invited to participate in the 18th Swinburne Sarawak Inter-School Debating Championship (SSIDC).
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus stated that the championship which is an initiative by the Swinburne Debaters’ Club aims to encourage students in secondary schools to debate in English and to hone their oral and communication skills as well as their reasoning and critical thinking skills.
“Therefore, for the four day championship (from Jan 30 to Feb 2), there will be two categories namely the junior category (Form 1 to Form 3) and senior category (Form 4 to Form 5).
“All students will debate in the preliminary rounds on the first two days and knockout rounds will begin on Day 3, culminating in the semi-finals.
“The fourth day will see the top two teams in both categories debating in the grand finals,” it said.
It stated that in its 18th year now, the championship has grown from six schools taking part to more than 30 from Peninsular Malaysia and other countries such as Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines.
“SSIDC offers an arena for secondary school students to interact with up to 300 debaters from other schools from within Malaysia and internationally, as well as Swinburne students who range from members of the organising team to runners and tabulators of the tournament,” it said.
Students interested to take part in SSIDC 2023 can find out more and register at the following link: https://bit.ly/SSIDC2023 as the registration closes on Jan 20.
