Syria beats Armenia in the opening match of the International School Debate Championship

The Syrian team beat its Armenian counterpart in the opening match of the world championships for remote school debates organized by Mexico for secondary school students, which will last until the twenty-fourth of this month, with the participation of more than 65 countries.

Naboug Yassin, director of the Syrian Scientific Olympiad, stated in a statement to SANA that the debates taking place in the English language continue for the second day, as the first round includes six games of one hour each, and the team must win at least four games to ensure qualification to the second round and reach the final debate.

The Syrian team includes students, Ibrahim Al-Quseir, Carla Armoush, Naya Kayali, YasmineHatem, and Alma Midani, in addition to the coach and referee Yahya Simon.

The debates are based on the principle of rivalry between two teams, as in each debate, one of them supports the topic under discussion and the other argues against the same topic regardless of  personal opinion of the competitors.

During the first week of this month, the Excellence and Creativity Commission held a preparatory camp (remotely) for students participating in the global competition, where they contacted their trainer  via the Internet in addition to participating in more than 10 friendly games with students from several countries including Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Syria participated in the International School Debate Championship that was held in Thailand last year, whereas the student Ibrahim Al-Quseir succeeded in being among the top five speakers among the new participating countries.

Inas Abdulkareem