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National Asians High School Debate Championship 2026

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

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Mon 17 Aug 2026

From 1 tab, newest National Asians High School Debate Championship 2026.

How many points did it take?

5points were safe
in 2026

The last team in averaged 76.7 speaks in 2026.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 48 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Philosophy motionsLesson: Weighing arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 60 teams made the open break
in 2026

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

National Asians High School Debate Championship 202648 motions
  1. Round 0Most companies in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) today are from traditional sectors like real estate (eg. SM Prime, AREIT, Ayala Land). While new sectors have a smaller presence, GCash's parent company, Mynt is currently pursuing a PSE listing. For the purposes of this debate, non-traditional means newer sectors (e.g. tech, startups).Practise this motion
  2. Round 0A stock index tracks the collective performance of a group of companies, and many people invest by buying funds that hold an index's companies in the same proportions. Broad indices such as the S&P 500 weight companies by market value, so a firm's influence on the index is proportional to what the whole company is worth. Under a cap, any company exceeding a set share e.g. say 2% is held at that level, and the excess weight is redistributed proportionally across the other companies. In 2026 the lPractise this motion
  3. Round 0Private credit funds (e.g. Blackstone, KKR) lend directly to companies outside the banking system. Their loans are not traded on public markets, so valuations are usually set by the fund manager, and investors' ability to withdraw is limited. Pension funds and insurers are among the sector's largest investors.Practise this motion
  4. Round 0Most companies in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) today are from traditional sectors like real estate (eg. SM Prime, AREIT, Ayala Land). While new sectors have a smaller presence, GCash's parent company, Mynt is currently pursuing a PSE listing. For the purposes of this debate, non-traditional means newer sectors (e.g. tech, startups).Practise this motion
  5. Round 0A stock index tracks the collective performance of a group of companies, and many people invest by buying funds that hold an index's companies in the same proportions. Broad indices such as the S&P 500 weight companies by market value, so a firm's influence on the index is proportional to what the whole company is worth. Under a cap, any company exceeding a set share e.g. say 2% is held at that level, and the excess weight is redistributed proportionally across the other companies. In 2026 the lPractise this motion
  6. Round 0Private credit funds (e.g. Blackstone, KKR) lend directly to companies outside the banking system. Their loans are not traded on public markets, so valuations are usually set by the fund manager, and investors' ability to withdraw is limited. Pension funds and insurers are among the sector's largest investors.Practise this motion
  7. Round 0TH, as the Philippine Government, would offer tax incentives for listing non-traditional companies in the PSEPractise this motion
  8. Round 0THBT index providers should cap the weight any single company can hold in a major stock indexPractise this motion
  9. Round 0THW prohibit pension funds from investing in private creditPractise this motion
  10. Round 1THS the commercialization of deceased individuals' identities (e.g., posthumous album releases from unfinished recordings, merchandise bearing a late public figure's name and likeness, digital recreations of deceased actors in film)Practise this motion
  11. Round 1THR the premium placed on self-improvementPractise this motion
  12. Round 1THO the commodification of favors (e.g., paid pasabuy services, apps for outsourcing favors, paid queueing services)Practise this motion
  13. Round 2In newly post-colonial states, THP that courts practice judicial activism to judicial restraintPractise this motion
  14. Round 2THW require judicial warrants for all forms of state digital surveillancePractise this motion
  15. Round 2THR the emphasis on the 'kingpin' strategy in combating illegal drug usePractise this motion
  16. Round 3In developed countries, THBT the state should subsidize poor households on the condition that they raise their children in a secular environmentPractise this motion
  17. Round 3THW ban all forms of religious messaging in political campaignsPractise this motion
  18. Round 3THW abolish the legal privilege protecting the confidentiality of religious confessionPractise this motion
  19. Round 4THR the professionalisation of youth sportsPractise this motion
  20. Round 4THBT the FFE Plan would have done more harm than good for the developing worldPractise this motion
  21. Round 4THR the glorification of the "golden era" of sportsPractise this motion
  22. Round 5TH, as the Syrian transitional government, would pursue a long-term security agreement with IsraelPractise this motion
  23. Round 5TH, as Ethiopia, would annex the port of AssabPractise this motion
  24. Round 5TH, as Spain, would continue to strengthen its relations with Algeria at the expense of its relationship with MoroccoPractise this motion
  25. Round 6THP that host communities' benefits be computed as a fixed share of generation companies' gross revenues rather than a fixed rate per kilowatt-hourPractise this motion
  26. Round 6THS Anambra State's policy of developmentPractise this motion
  27. Round 6THBT developing states should heavily invest in attracting digital nomads (e.g., tax incentives, special visa issuances, digital nomad infrastructure etc.)Practise this motion
  28. Round 7THP the emphasis on activism as a civic expectation as opposed to a personal choicePractise this motion
  29. Round 7THBT protest movements should prioritize disruptive tactics (e.g., road blockades, walk-outs, occupations) over conventional, non-disruptive tactics (e.g., permitted marches, petitions, awareness campaigns, boycotts)Practise this motion
  30. Round 7THBT social movements should actively combat the Dead Internet (e.g., reclaim internet spaces, lobby for social media regulation) instead of adapt to it (e.g., offline-first organization)Practise this motion
  31. Open OctofinalsTH, as the Philippine Government, would offer tax incentives for listing non-traditional companies in the PSEPractise this motion
  32. Open OctofinalsTHBT index providers should cap the weight any single company can hold in a major stock indexPractise this motion
  33. Open OctofinalsTHW prohibit pension funds from investing in private creditPractise this motion
  34. Open QuarterfinalsTHBT the pursuit and development of AGI is immoralPractise this motion
  35. Open QuarterfinalsTHP a regulated public utility model for AI compute as opposed to the privately-owned modelPractise this motion
  36. Open QuarterfinalsTH predicts that technological convergence will do more harm than goodPractise this motion
  37. Open SemifinalsAssuming the technology exists, THS the legalization of epigenetic upliftment technologyPractise this motion
  38. Open SemifinalsTHBT Confucianism has done more harm than good in modern Northeast AsiaPractise this motion
  39. Open SemifinalsAssuming feasibility, THS the creation of human cloning technology for the purposes of 'resurrecting' the deadPractise this motion
  40. Open FinalsTHP a world where the Philippines remained a peaceful colony of SpainPractise this motion
  41. Open FinalsTHP a world where, following independence from the US, the Philippines was instead divided into three sovereign states based around Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, respectivelyPractise this motion
  42. Open FinalsTHBT the Philippines should withdraw from Pax SilicaPractise this motion
  43. Novice SemifinalsTHBT the pursuit and development of AGI is immoralPractise this motion
  44. Novice SemifinalsTH predicts that technological convergence will do more harm than goodPractise this motion
  45. Novice SemifinalsTHP a regulated public utility model for AI compute as opposed to the privately-owned modelPractise this motion
  46. Novice FinalsTHBT Womad’s separation from Megalia has done more harm than goodPractise this motion
  47. Novice FinalsTHO the rise of pop culture trends made to simplify the female experience (girl dinner, girl math, hot girl walk)Practise this motion
  48. Novice FinalsTHBT the feminist movement should actively oppose the institution of the First SpousePractise 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 2026

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
75.4
where most speakers land
74.1 to 76.6

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker78.1
  • 10th speaker77.2
  • 20th speaker76.7

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.