5th KDU Interschool British Parliamentary Debate 2014

Going High-Tech with registration greatly sped up the process and reduced waiting time.
The debators were eager to get started!

The KDU Debate Association (KDUDA) hosted the 5th edition of the KDU Interschool Debates – British Parliamentary (KIDs BP 2014) from the 20th to the 22nd of June 2014. KIDs BP is an annual debating tournament organised by KDUDA with the intention to inspire and spark the holistic development of high school debaters in Malaysia. For the adjudication core, we had Kelvin Manuel Pillay from KDU University College as the Chief Adjudicator. Alongside the Chief Adjudicator, we had Brett Fraser formerly of The University of Alaska and Jasmine Ho Abdullah from UiTM as the Deputy Chief Adjudicators. This year, we received amazing response and participation from 34 schools which made up 100 teams from different states such as Penang, Sarawak, Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and of course, the Klang Valley.

KDU Interschool Debates British Parliamentary 2013

The top ten speakers with the winning team

From the 28th of June till the 1st of July, the grounds of KDU University College heard roars of intellectual argumentation from more than 200 secondary school students from around Malaysia.

The annual KDU Inter-school Debates BP or fondly known as KIDs BP was organized for the Fourth time by the KDU Debate Association with the help of KDU University College. Students took the opportunity to attend this tournament as a means of improving their communication and argumentation skills whilst vying for the title of Champions of KIDs BP 2013. The diverse group of participants were competing in a total of 7 preliminary rounds at the end of which, 32 teams would qualify for the elimination rounds. Nearly a hundred teams had to compete in the British Parliamentary format that included four teams as opposed to the conventional Asian Parliamentary.