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  • This house prefers out-of-school youth policies that support non-formal education (e.g., alternative schools, homeschooling, vocational education, etc.), as opposed to reintegration to formal education.

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    For the purposes of this debate, “out-of-school youth” refers to young people who do not currently attend formal education due to reasons such as chronic absenteeism, school refusal, expulsion, or voluntary withdrawal.

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド2 · 2025-11-01

  • In highly competitive societies (e.g. India, China), This house prefers instilling children with traits of personality [A], as opposed to traits of personality [B]

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    Personality [A] is characterised by a focus on the individual being self- reliant and resilient. The norm is to be direct, blunt, and not averse to confrontation. Personality [B] is characterised by a focus on the individual focusing on the preservation of relationships. The norm is to be pleasant, appeasing of others, and averse to confrontation.

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-11-01

  • This house regrets the rise in content warnings

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    Over the past few years, the use of content warnings has broadened (e.g., being used for war / conflict, discrimination such as racism or sexism) and deepened (e.g., providing warnings for passing mentions)

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-31

  • This House Believes That American Universities should attempt to correct the significant Liberal bias among professors.

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    Liberal professors outnumber conservative professors many times over in elite American universities. Nationwide, it is 6:1, increasing to 14:1 for the humanities, and 28:1 in the Northeast where many elite American universities are.

    Unity Cup 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that feminist groups on American college campuses should campaign for the banning of Greek life.

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    <div class="docos-replyview-body docos-anchoredreplyview-body docos-replyview-body-emoji-reactable" dir="ltr" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(68, 71, 70); padding: 3px 21px 3px 5px; margin-left: -5px; font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 1rem;">Greek life refers to social organizations on U.S. college campuses, called fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women). Those wishing to enter one will, in the beginning of their college life, undergo an initiation period, and then participate in regular chapter meetings, often live in a house with other members, and are expected to make the organization their primary social circle. Fraternity or sorority allegiance and loyalty is tight-knit and expected to last a lifetime.</span></div>

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that universities should hire a substantial portion of STEM* academic staff from the industry (e.g. corporate managers & analysts, industry research & development experts). *Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-24

  • This house regrets the Down to the Countryside Movement

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    The Down to the Countryside Movement was a policy instituted in China between 1968 and 1980. It was declared that privileged urban youth should be sent to mountainous areas or farming villages to learn from the workers and farmers there. In total, around 17 million urban youth were sent to rural areas as a result of the movement.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Pre-Semifinals · 2025-10-18

  • This house, as an intelligent student from a low-income family, would pursue vocational training over a traditional college degree

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    Vocational training are instructional programs that focus on the skills required for a particular job function or trade. In vocational training, education prepares students for specific careers which are often more manual (i.e., plumbing, hairdressing), disregarding traditional, unrelated academic subjects.

    Davao Novice Cup 2025 · High School Finals · 2025-10-18

  • This house supports school curricula prioritizing transnational narratives over national ones.

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    National narratives are educational approaches that structure the teaching of history with a focus on the events, processes, and characters of a single nation. Transnational narratives are approaches that organize the teaching of history based on phenomena that transcend national borders, such as economic exchanges, migrations, regional conflicts, international cooperation, and social transformations on a global scale.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Rodada 3 · 2025-10-17

  • This house supports reallocating national education funding from teacher recruitment to systemic reforms that reduce students’ dependence on teachers (e.g. changing curriculum design, examination types, and school structure or implementing more technology usage)

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    Australia is experiencing a teacher undersupply crisis. Contributing factors include an ageing workforce, high rates of burnout and attrition, fewer university graduates entering teaching, and increasing student enrolments. As a result, many schools face difficulties maintaining class sizes, offering specialist subjects, and ensuring continuity of teaching staff.

    Oxford Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-11

  • This house supports '10 SNUs' policy

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    The "10 Seoul National Universities" initiative is a higher education policy proposed by Lee Jae-myung's government, aiming to invest in 10 public universities across different regions of South Korea to match the status and quality of Seoul National University. This policy involves a large-scale financial investment, annual investment of a budget comparable to that of level of SNU in regional national flagship universities(지거국), and it has been launched with the aim of easing excessive competition in college admissions and addressing regional inequality. the aim of easing excessive competition in college admissions and addressing regional inequality.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Pre-Quarterfinals · 2025-10-11