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The National Asians High School Debate Championship, more popularly known as NAsHDC, is a debate tournament in the Philippines sponsored by the De La Salle University-Manila. It is one of two national debate tournaments in the Philippines, the other being the Philippine Schools Debate Championship sponsored by the Ateneo de Manila University.
Every year after its inception in 2003, NAsHDC has consistently expanded in participation and support. Former partners include the Children's Museum and Library Incorporated (CMLI) and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNS). The tournament is also consistently supported by the National Youth Commission (NYC) and endorsed by the Department of Education. In 2008, the tournament was renamed the Manila Bulletin National Asians High School Debate Championship in light of the Manila Bulletin being the NAsHDC co-presenter.
As of 2009, NAsHDC has reinvented itself as an international tournament, the Asian Schools Debate Championship.
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Aims
NAsHDC aims:
- To HONE the potentials of the youth and unleash their talents;
- To INCULCATE the value of critical thinking and awareness to the future leaders of our country;
- To PROVIDE an avenue for academic discourse and cultural exchange amongst our youth;
- To CONTRIBUTE to the social, cultural and intellectual growth of the nation’s young generations; and
- To DEVELOP the youth’s English proficiency.
NAsHDC is part of a larger framework which is the Lasallian Education on Adjudication and Debate (LEAD). Under this program, LSDS envisions to educate Filipinos by spreading the culture of debating throughout the Philippines.
Tournament Format
NAsHDC uses the Asian Parliamentary debate format. It is a 3-on-3 parliamentary debate style that was founded in 1994 in University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. There is a separate novice division and Public Speaking Category in NAsHDC.
Past Champions and Grand finalists
Year Champion Grand Finalist Champion Team Members Grand Finalists 2003 Immaculate Conception Academy-Greenhills A Claret School of Quezon City A Charisse Borromeo, Jennifer Ong, Larissa Co Wendell Batocabe, Dino de Leon, Paul Anido 2004 Ateneo de Manila High School A PAREF Southridge School A Miko Biscocho, Claude Gomez, Mikee Victoriano RG Macalinao, Mikki Albano, Miguel Reyes 2005 Miriam College B Xavier School A Angelica Mangahas, Anna Arcellana, Maita Guevara Jonathan Loh, Peterson Poon, Nathan Santos 2006 Xavier School A Claret School of Quezon City A Patrick Cocabo, Evan Chen, Peterson Poon Alistair Zosa, Jed Hernandez, Gemmo Fernandez 2007 Xavier School A PAREF Woodrose School A Peterson Poon, Evan Chen, Kenneth Reyes Abby Castelo, Chrissa Magat, Pat Austria 2008 Xavier School A Xavier School B Vito Borromeo, Carlo Borromeo, Martin Qui Walter Cheng, Gabriel Kho, Gregory Uy 2011 St. Scholastica's College, Manila A PAREF Southridge School A Mikee de Vega, Jari Monteagudo, Crissy Aquino JV Valerio, Mark Lozano, Raffy Tanpho Past Novice Champions
Year Novice Champions Team Members 2006 University of Baguio Science High School A Janine Alexis Go, Rachelle Beatriz Malong, Dawn Elizabeth Niekamp 2007 Colegio de San Juan de Letran A Gian Carlo Labo, Jeffrey Arboleda, Juan Rafael Roque 2008 Makati Hope Christian School A Krisha Lim, Harvey Chua, Nicole Cordoves Past Best Speakers
Year Over-all Best Speaker 2003 Anna Santos - Philippine Science High School - Diliman Campus 2004 Miko Biscocho - Ateneo de Manila High School 2005 Angelica Mangahas - Miriam College 2006 James Soriano - Ateneo de Manila High School 2007 Evan Chen - Xavier School 2008 Carlo Borromeo - Xavier School 2011 Anton Sison - Ateneo de Manila High School External links
Categories:- Schools debating competitions
- Asian debating competitions
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