A debating team from the Dominica State College leaves the island on Thursday, February 28th for Grenada to participate in the Windward Islands Debating Competition. Dominica is the defending champion, having won the competition in 2018 and also in the previous year.
The T.A Marryshow Community College (TAMCC) will host the Windward Islands Debating Competition (WIDC). The other two participating Colleges are the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College representing St. Lucia, and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College representing St. Vincent. The debate will run over a two-day period with teams participating in a semi-final and final round.
The aim of the WIDC is to reinforce the multidisciplinary approach, which is needed to assess the needs of Caribbean societies and nurture critical thinkers who will help shape the democratic societies of the Caribbean region. It will also serve to promote regional integration, collegial information sharing and cultural exchanges.
Elleen Commodore, Kodie Jean-Jacques, Abiyomhi Joseph and Keauntae Harrigan will represent Dominica.
They will debate on the topics:
- “Public Private Partnerships are the most viable methods of financing development projects in the OECS”
- “The current education system in the region is based on a curriculum which adequately prepares students for jobs of the future.”
- “It is in Caricom’s best interest to help Venezuela get out of its current economic morass.”
Coach and Advisor of the Dominica State College Literary and Debating Society, Trudy Christian will accompany the debaters.
Good Luck, Dominican students on this upcoming debate in Grenada. Be forthright, feel talk, be positive in stature, let our voice be heard. Clarity i key. Also ,make eye contact with the Judges and the audience and allow your body also to be that character of positivity, romance, confident, sure, and confident. Remember to have that charm and smile and expression in your face. Talk to the AUDIENCE with conviction and Happiness. Finally, you must believe in what you are doing and saying. Good luck.
God`s Guidance. All the best
Best wishes to all the participants. Make Dominica Great Again!
Drag along our lazy PM Skerrit with you all,so that he listens and learns how to debate..It is shameful that in 2019, Dominica is the only country in the world with a PM who knows how to insult people , but is of such low intellect that he cannot engage himself in any debate… That’s why you all young people should be prepared to discard such a shameless and embarrassing PM from the position that he holds. He brings disgrace to this office that he holds. A double doctor of idiocy and embarrassment!!!
Wish you all well.
Skerrit Must Go
Skerrit Must Go
LAZY Skerrit Must Go Now