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Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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Fri 14 Nov 2025

From 1 tab, newest Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 2025.

How many points did it take?

5points were safe
in 2025

The last team in averaged 71.0 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 15 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

8of 62 teams made the open break
in 2025

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

Singapore International Schools Debating Championships 202515 motions
  1. Round 1THBT developing countries should nationalise all mining and resource extraction industries.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THS close relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) (e.g. confiding in ChatGPT as if it is a very good friend, making specific plans to spend time interacting with it).Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THW ban the consolidation of news organisations (e.g. BBC, Reuters).Practise this motion
  4. Round 4THR the rise of franchise sports leagues at the expense of bilateral/multilateral sports series.Practise this motion
  5. Round 5As a highly-skilled, average income, female fresh graduate, THW choose not to work in a heavily male-dominated sector, even if it offered high earning potentialPractise this motion
  6. Round 6THW introduce a 'youthocratic' voting system in functional democracies.Practise this motion
  7. QuarterfinalsTHBT international financial institutions should refuse to fund projects that substantially increases a country’s net greenhouse gas emissions.Practise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTHBT the US Democratic Party should aggressively “fight dirty” going forward.Practise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHP a world in which all world religions codified the doctrine of the "Protestant work ethic".Practise this motion
  10. Senior QuarterfinalsTH prefers the use of jury trials over bench trials.Practise this motion
  11. Senior SemifinalsTHR the integration of religious institutions into pro-democracy movements (e.g. using religious rhetoric and symbols in campaigning, appointing religious figures to lead the movement)Practise this motion
  12. Senior FinalsAssuming feasibility, THS 'Farmageddon'Practise this motion
  13. Junior QuarterfinalsTHR the significant decline of online schooling following the end of the COVID-19 pandemicPractise this motion
  14. Junior SemifinalsTHS the rise of streaming services at the expense of traditional television.Practise this motion
  15. Junior FinalsTHO the norm of ghosting in social relationships (e.g. friendships, romantic relationships)Practise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2025

  • Open break8 teams
  • Senior break11 teams
  • Junior break9 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
69.3
where most speakers land
67.7 to 70.9

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker72.9
  • 10th speaker72.0
  • 20th speaker71.3

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.