The Debater reaches finals

Over 20 schools participated in ‘The Debater’, an All Island Televised English Language debating championship organized by MTV Sports. At the conclusion of three rounds of intense debate two schools have survived to face the Grand Finale.

Ananda College, Colombo and Lyceum International School, Nugegoda will take on the topic of whether or not a global body should or should not take over internet governance.

The finals will be aired LIVE on MTV SPORTS from 6 pm onwards on January 24.

The debaters will be on the biggest stage they have faced yet as the finals will take place before a live audience of 1000 and a bench consisting of 7 Judges. The bench will consist of luminaries from the legal and academic world.

The Debater challenges each student with a format adapted to television audiences. Thus the show does not just ensure a learned debate but also entertaining arena in which they can push the boundaries of formal debating. In addition to individual speeches the debaters must face a firing squad of questions from the opposing team.

This new style of debating has proven to be extremely popular among school students and has assisted in attracting more and more students to take up debating as an extra-curricular activity.

The Debater on MTV SPORTS is the only platform in which we have seen students from Government, Private and International schools coming together on one stage, The competition also attracted students from every ethnic background and almost all major districts of the country, with strong representation from Kandy, Colombo, Jaffna and Matara. The grand finale is the culmination of nine months of hard work of the students of Ananda and Lyceum.

It is the largest gathering in celebration of the spoken word of the student community.

It is a commemoration of the talent and promise of the future stake holders of Sri Lanka.