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Doha
QatarDebate – a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development – recently organised the Qatar Secondary School Debate League Nationals (QSDL) in English at Newton International Academy in Barwa City recently.
The Grand Final Debates were hosted at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. This year’s Nationals had the top teams from the two QSDLs for this debate season – top 12 teams in the Open category and eight teams in the EFL category for both boys and girls tournaments.
In the Open Category (girls), DPS Modern Indian School won the championship, while DeBakey High School was declared the runner-up.
In the Open Category (boys), DPS Modern Indian School clinched the championship title, followed by DeBakey High School in the second place.
In the EFL Category (girls), Al Kawther Secondary School for Girls won the championship, followed by Rabaa Aladawiya Secondary School for Girls as the runner-up.
In the EFL Category (boys), Mosab bin Omair Secondary School for Boys became the winners, followed by runner-up Omar Bin Al Khattab Secondary School for Boys.
While all the participants received certificates of participation, the top 10 speakers received certificates and medals.
In the competition, school-wide points are accumulated by adding total number of wins and total points of top two teams from each school, and schools are ranked as per number of wins in both league tournaments. If two schools have a tie on the number of wins, the school with the higher total speaker points is ranked higher. Awards for Top 3 Schools in the League are handed out separately from the Nationals Grand Finalists.
Doha
QatarDebate – a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development – recently organised the Qatar Secondary School Debate League Nationals (QSDL) in English at Newton International Academy in Barwa City recently.
The Grand Final Debates were hosted at the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. This year’s Nationals had the top teams from the two QSDLs for this debate season – top 12 teams in the Open category and eight teams in the EFL category for both boys and girls tournaments.
In the Open Category (girls), DPS Modern Indian School won the championship, while DeBakey High School was declared the runner-up.
In the Open Category (boys), DPS Modern Indian School clinched the championship title, followed by DeBakey High School in the second place.
In the EFL Category (girls), Al Kawther Secondary School for Girls won the championship, followed by Rabaa Aladawiya Secondary School for Girls as the runner-up.
In the EFL Category (boys), Mosab bin Omair Secondary School for Boys became the winners, followed by runner-up Omar Bin Al Khattab Secondary School for Boys.
While all the participants received certificates of participation, the top 10 speakers received certificates and medals.
In the competition, school-wide points are accumulated by adding total number of wins and total points of top two teams from each school, and schools are ranked as per number of wins in both league tournaments. If two schools have a tie on the number of wins, the school with the higher total speaker points is ranked higher. Awards for Top 3 Schools in the League are handed out separately from the Nationals Grand Finalists.