Dundee City Council held a competition for schools to design a logo for the World Schools Debating Championship to be held in Dundee, Scotland. The winner was Maryam Deeni, age 12, who attends Harris Academy and the logo above was designed by her.
Summery:
Foreword
As we all know, Worlds School Debating Championship 2011, the most prestigious school-level debating title, is going to be held in Dundee, Scotland from 16th to 26th August. This post is dedicated to various information related to this high-profile debate tournament and the place where it will be held.
Team Bangladesh
This year, Team Bangladesh's pre-Tournament rankings are at no. 26 with a win average of 3.67. This puts them in group E along with Argentina, Indonesia, USA, Estonia and Bermuda...
Team Bangladesh, comprised of five very talented individuals, are a new team nonetheless from the last year's one and after the nail-biting final phase of National Camp, BDC finally revealed the ones to be representing Bangladesh to be:
- Saad Ashraf (Maple Leaf)
- Wasifa Noshin (SunnyDale)
- Mastura Tasnim (Academia)
- Taosif Amin Khan (Academia)
- Fahad Al Amer Khan (Aga Khan School)
After a lot of waiting, the official Draw of Match-ups are out and Team BD's ones are as follows
- Proposition vs. Opposition
- R1: Bangladesh vs. South Africa
- R2: Croatia vs. Bangladesh
- R3: Lithuania vs. Bangladesh
- R4: Bangladesh vs. Slovenia
- R5: Slovakia vs. Bangladesh
- R6: Bangladesh vs. Peru
- R7: Bangladesh vs. Philippine
- R8: Argentina vs. Bangladesh
Best of Luck to them and lets pray that they bring pride and glory to our Nation!!!
Prepared Motions
In total, four preliminary rounds and the Grand Finals will be based on Prepared motions which will be as follows:
Round One
This House would offer dictators immunity in return for leaving power
Round Three
This House believes that Universal Primary Education is a misallocation of
resources for the developing worldRound Five
This House would legalise the sale of human organs
Round Seven
This House believes that women can only achieve equality under a secular
system of governmentGrand Finals
This House believes that autocracy is doomed in the age of Facebook
Hopefully I'll write a few articles on some of the issues involved in these motions so check back some other time for more information :)
Schedule
This is the official schedule as posted in the WSDC Dundee website...
Tuesday 16th August
Delegate registration
Arrival dinner at University of Dundee
Wednesday 17th August
Adjudicator training
Tours of Dundee
Opening ceremony hosted by Lord Provost
Thursday 18th August
Rounds 1 & 2 – schools
BBQ hosted by University of Dundee
Friday 19th August
Rounds 3 & 4 – schools
Evening reception hosted by Dundee College
Saturday 20th August
Round zero, Edinburgh
Arranged Tours in Edinburgh
Evening free
Sunday 21st August
Rounds 5 & 6 – High School of Dundee
Evening free
Monday 22nd August
Rounds 7 & 8 – schools
Break night party at University of Dundee
Tuesday 23rd August
Octo-finals – schools
Tours of the area (optional)
Evening free
Wednesday 24th August
Quarter finals – HM Frigate Unicorn; RRS Discovery; Dudhope Castle & Al-Maktoum Institute
Semi-finals – University of Dundee
Quiz Night at University of Dundee
Thursday 25th August
World Council meeting – City Chambers
Grand Final – TBC
Closing Ceremony Ceilidh – Caird Hall
Friday 26th August
Breakfast and departures
About Dundee
Dundee is set on the banks of the River Tay, described by many as one of the finest settings in Europe. Dundee offers a peerless quality of life, with more hours of sunshine than any other Scottish city and an abundance of green spaces.
Dundee has a long history and has played a pivotal role in the development of Scotland over the centuries. Dundee’s growing status was recognised in 1889 when it was named as a city by Royal Charter.
Modern Dundee is one city with many discoveries encapsulated by world-leading research in the life sciences, a burgeoning digital media sector, vibrant arts and cultural life and a successful local economy which for the third year in a row has been ranked as one of the world’s top seven most intelligent communities by an independent US think tank.
The city has a population of over 143,000 and a travel-to-work population of over 250,000. The population is boosted during academic sessions when over 35,000 people study either in the city’s two universities, its Islamic and Arabic institutions or its local colleges. Education is one of the city’s key sectors, with one in six of the population is a registered student – one of the highest ratios in the UK and Dundee has more young people in full-time higher education per head of population than any other city in Scotland.
One of the key projects for the city at present is Dundee Waterfront, a £350 million project to reconnect the city centre and the River Tay. ‘The V&A at Dundee’ a new £47million centre of 21st century design for Scotland and the world will occupy a prime site at the heart of the Waterfront next to Captain Scott’s ship RRS Discovery.
Dundee boasts tremendous entertainment and sporting facilities including a highly-regarded repertory theatre, an award-winning arts centre and visitor attractions and two football clubs.
The city is well served by pavement cafes and cosmopolitan restaurants in the city centre and the Cultural Quarter.
Dundee is an ideal location for the 2011 World School Debating Championships.
For further information about the city visit www.dundee.com
Any Feedback or comment would be most welcome
Special Thanks to
BDC: http://www.bangladeshdebates.org/
Mr Saad bin Amjad: http://http://bddebate.blogspot.com/
WSDC Dundee website: http://wsdctournament.wordpress.com/
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