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  • This house would abolish the SAP programme

    Infoslide

    The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) is a programme aimed to encourage bilingualism (Chinese and English) in schools. Schools are given additional funding to design additional programmes catered to promoting bilingualism and bicultural understanding, and offer mother-tongue related subjects (i.e. lessons on Appreciation of Chinese Culture). Only a few schools are designated as SAP schools, and SAP schools only offer mother tongue lessons in Mandarin Chinese.

    Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-25

  • This house would abolish the GRC system

    Infoslide

    A Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a constituency type in Singapore where teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected as Members of Parliament representing their constituency. All members of the winning team will be elected into Parliament. Each team fielded by any party in GRCs during elections must consist of at least 1 member from a minority race.

    MID YEAR DEBATE INVITATIONALS 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that the BARMM's transition period should be extended until the poverty incidence rate in BARMM is significantly closer to the national average poverty incidence rate

    Infoslide

    Roughly seven years after the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, poverty incidence in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) remains exceptionally high due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to lack of public infrastructure and security issues. As of 2023, the average poverty incidence rate in BARMM is 23.5%, while the national average poverty incidence rate is at 10.9%.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · College Semifinals · 2025-07-18

  • This house supports the decline of musical racialization.

    Infoslide

    Musical racialization is the process of associating specific music genres with particular racial or ethnic groups. It often translates into racial ownership and appropriation of themes, tonality, rhythms, and even marketing of music brands, labels, and artists.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 3 · 2025-07-18

  • In multiethnic states, This house prefers the use of devolved governments as opposed to centralised governments

    Infoslide

    Devolution is the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. The devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area thus granting them a higher level of autonomy; this includes areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, etc.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pre-NSDC 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-07-14

  • In multiethnic states, This house prefers the use of devolved governments as opposed to centralised governments

    Infoslide

    Devolution is the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. The devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area thus granting them a higher level of autonomy; this includes areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, etc.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pre-NSDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-14

  • In a multi-ethnic country, this Council prefers the use of devolved governance over centralized governance.

    Infoslide

    Devolution is the transfer of power from the central government to subnational authorities (for example, state, regional, or local governments). Areas that receive devolution have the authority to make regulations relevant to their regions, thus being given a higher level of autonomy; including in fields such as healthcare services, law enforcement, education, and others.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pra-LDBI 2025 · Pemula Semifinals · 2025-07-11

  • The council is of the opinion that exclusive art spaces bring more harm than good.

    Infoslide

    Exclusive art spaces refer to exhibitions or installations that limit access to certain groups, usually based on identity. The Ladies' Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Tasmania, Australia, is an example of an exclusive art space that recently prohibited cisgender men from entering the exhibit. The museum subsequently faced a discrimination lawsuit, which led to the closure of the lounge.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pra-LDBI 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-11

  • In a multi-ethnic country, this Council prefers the use of devolved governance over centralized governance.

    Infoslide

    Devolution is the transfer of power from the central government to subnational authorities (such as state, regional, or local governments). Areas that receive devolution have the authority to make regulations relevant to their region, thus being granted a higher level of autonomy; including in areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, and others.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pra-LDBI 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-11

  • This house, as a Malay citizen in Malaysia, would send their child to a vernacular school

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    " Vernacular schools are national-type schools which curriculum is taught pre-dominantly in non-national languages (such as Mandarin in SJKCs and Tamil in SJKTs). The curriculum and teaching methods employed by these institutions vary significantly from national schools, primarily due to the distinct linguistic focus. "

    Curtin Interschool Debate Competition 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-07

  • That states which have recently formed through religious secession should establish Religious Councils rather than implementing secularism

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    Religious Councils are councils of religious leaders from the dominant faith in a country which advise governments on whether their laws comply with religious scripture before they are passed. Their advice is non-binding.

    South China Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-06