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  • Assuming feasibility, This house would require all major university policies to be approved through student referendums

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    A student referendum is a process where the whole student population can vote to approve or decline specific proposed policies.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Marvin Parma Cup Semifinals · 2025-06-07

  • This house would abolish the MATATAG curriculum

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    The MATATAG curriculum aims to decongest the current basic education curriculum in the Philippines. It reduces the elementary learning areas from 7 to 5 in favor of generalized subjects such as Language (English & Filipino), Makabansa (MAPEH & Araling Panlipunan), and Good Moral and Right Conduct (GMRC). It also implements a learning progression system to reduce the amount of subjects per grade level i.e. the introduction of Language in Grade 2, Science in Grade 3, and Makabansa + GMRC in Grade 4. MATATAG has been implemented in phases starting from the previous school year.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Marvin Parma Cup Semifinals · 2025-06-07

  • This house supports large scale squatting movements in places with a housing crisis

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    Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.

    Rotterdam Pre-EUDC · Round 1 · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that humanity should abandon organized religion in favor of individualizing religion

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    For the purposes of this debate, individualizing religion emphasizes on the ability of individuals to believe in their own understanding of God/s through their personal experiences.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Open Quarterfinals · 2025-06-07

  • This house, as a powerful revolutionary, would adopt accelerationism to bring about the end of capitalism

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    Accelerationism is a political theory that proposes exacerbating capitalism’s contradictions, such as speeding up automation, financialization, and exploitation, to trigger its collapse and clear the way for post-capitalist alternatives.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · High School Finals · 2025-06-07

  • This house would advocate for a ban of skin bleaching products in the Philippines

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    In Africa, Rwanda became the first country to ban the use of skin bleaching products. The government, together with the health and security departments, enforced laws that made the production or the sale of the skin bleaching products illegal.

    Salingoy: Santiago Ortega Cup 1 · Ortega Finals · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that feminist movements in developing nations should deprioritise the strategy of advocating for carceral feminism.

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    Carceral Feminism describes an approach of increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to gendered violence. The recently growing ‘anti-carceral approach’ instead advocates for community-based solutions, survivor support, and reallocating resources for for education, social housing, and community security.

    South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-06-06

  • That horizontal fiscal equalisation in Australia should cease equalising based on the cost of public services and only equalise based on revenue raising capacity

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    State governments in Australia do not impose income taxes, but are responsible for the majority of government expenditure. Consequently, the Australian Government transfers tax revenue to state and territory governments. These transfers are subject to 'horizontal fiscal equalisation' which redistributes more funds to states with a lower capacity to raise revenue or a greater cost burden of providing public services.

    USU Pre-Australs 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-01