HELP University’s Annual Asian Secondary School Online English Debate Challenge 2021 will be held from Friday 9th to 11th July 2021.
This competition which was previously known as the HELP University National Chinese Independent Secondary School (CISS) English Debate has successfully attracted 40 contesting teams from 24 non-English medium schools from Malaysia and overseas.
This annual competition was launched in 2021 by HELP University with the objective of upgrading the level of command of English of secondary school students from non-English medium schools, in particular that of the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools (CISS) in Malaysia.
Since its inception, 8 rounds of competitions have been conducted until 2019.
The outcome of the event has been encouraging and there has been marked improvement in the level of confidence of the debators, especially in their command of English.
When the debating standard of the CISS students reached a level comparable to students from national and private schools, HELP University opened the contest to SMJKs and SMK schools, and other non-English medium schools locally and from overseas.
In 2020, the university could not hold the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, 2021, HELP University has decided to continue with the annual debate, this time held virtually. The name of the event has also been changed to the HELP University Asian Secondary School Online English Debate Challenge.
The Preliminaries will be held on Friday 9 July 2021 and Saturday 10 July 2021. The semi-finals and Grand Finals will be held on Sunday 11 July 2021 at 10am.
There are attractive prizes for the contestants. These include four cash prizes, plaques and trophies, and study awards:
Champion Team: A Challenge Trophy retainable for one year, Plaque and Cash Prize of RM3,000 for the School , 4 trophies & Certificates for the team and Partial Scholarships tenable in the HELP Group worth RM12,000 for each team member
Runner-Up Team: Plaque and Cash Prize of RM2,000 for the School , 4 tropies & Certificates for the team; Partial Scholarships tenable in the HELP Group worth RM8,000 per team member.
Two Semi Finalist teams: Plaque and Cash Prize of RM1,000 for each School, 4 Plaques & Certificates for each team and Partial Scholarships tenable in the HELP Group worth RM4,000 per team member,
Incidentally, the cash prize was donated by a well wisher who prefers to remain anonymous, and the trophies are sponsored by Ngui & Associates. HELP University sincerely thank them.
Meanwhile，the Organiser also wishes to thank its Co-Organiser, WoLCE (Way of Life Consolidated Education) for offering its expertise digitalized service in managing the whole tournament proceeding.
The organiser welcomes the public to witness the competition. Those who are interested may email Mr Lai at: ss.lai@help.edu.my or WhatsApp 019-6080 958 to request for the Zoom meeting room access link.
