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  • This house, as an immigrant parent, would raise their children using the Tiger Parenting model.

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    Tiger Parenting is a term which refers to strict or demanding parents who push their children to be successful academically by attaining high levels of scholastic and academic achievement, sometimes to the detriment of the child's social, psychological and emotional well-being.

    Saigon Debate Championship 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-02

  • This house, as a parent of an average child, would rather be a free-range parent as opposed to a helicopter parent

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    A free-range parent is one that practices a permissive parenting style which highlights independence of children, it focuses on having unstructured and flexible parenting. A helicopter parent is one that maximizes their role in their child’s life by providing constant guidance and supervision, this style aims to protect and actively guide children throughout their developmental years.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-08-02

  • This House prefers public interest models to venture-backed models in the development of educational technology for primary and secondary education

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    In public interest models of Educational Technology development, non-profit foundations, universities, multilateral organizations, or governments develop educational technology (e.g., DIKSHA in India, Indonesia's Teacher Independence Platform, UNICEF's Learning Passport, etc.). In venture-backed models, educational technology is developed by EdTech start-ups who raise money from private investors in exchange for equity (i.e. shares) with the goal of ensuring rapid growth and financial return.

    World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-08-01

  • This house would abolish the SAP programme

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    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 remove the DIrect School Admission scheme for students entering secondary schools

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    The Direct School Admission scheme (DSA) is a form of aptitude-based admissions for primary schoolers entering secondary schools, which are processed before PSLE occurs. Primary schoolers who are admitted to a secondary school through DSA are not allowed to transfer to another secondary school, or select a different secondary school after receiving their PSLE results.

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

  • This house regrets the rise of welfare-centric tuition centres.

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    Welfare-centric tuition centres are tuition centres that offer welfare for their students, often as motivators during examination seasons or as rewards for academic achievement. Examples of these welfare incentives range from bubble tea treats, to cohesion trips to theme parks.

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

  • This house believes that it is in the interest of the EU to actively support the student movement in Serbia

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    Student-led protests in Serbia began in November 2024 after a deadly canopee collapse in Novi Sad killed 16 people, leading to university blockades and demands for greater transparency and recently general elections. Serbia has been governed by Aleksandar Vučić and the SNS party for over a decade, during which the EU has provided significant political and financial support.

    Split Open 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-07-19

  • This House supports slow parenting

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    Slow parenting is a parenting approach that gives the child leadership and control over their own life. This means there is no strict schedule imposed by the parent; the child decides what and when to eat, what to play with and when, and goes to sleep when they feel tired.

    Ottawa Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-19

  • This house opposes the complete execution of House Bill No. 11213

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    House Bill No. 11213 proposes a University Preparatory Pathway allowing academically advanced Grade 10 students to bypass Senior High School (Grades 11 and 12) and directly enter higher education. Qualification for this pathway requires passing a rigorous Honors Examination. This exam evaluates a student's mastery of core subjects and their readiness for college-level coursework, ensuring only highly prepared students are eligible. Students who do not qualify for the University Preparatory Pathway will exclusively pursue technical-vocational education through TESDA.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-07-18

  • This house would adopt a credit-based education system over a competency-based education system in the Philippine Basic Education

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    Under a credit-based education system, students earn credits for completing subjects, usually based on instructional hours and the achievement of learning outcomes. Under this system, students who fail a subject may still progress to the next level as long as they have enough earned credits to advance. The failed subject can be retaken at a later time. In comparison, the competency-based curriculum requires students to pass all subjects in their grade level in order for them to move up to further grade levels.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 1 · 2025-07-18