Debate Association Singapore

Calling on all primary school debate teachers in charge! Backed by demand, DA(S) will be organising a seminar on 29 May to discuss about the intricacies behind primary school debate judging ahead of our two events later in the year (Junior Orators in June and PSDO in July/August). Do sign up for this seminar as well as our two other events whilst slots last!

Calling on interested volunteers! Interested in facilitating debate sessions with primary school students? Keen on improving your debate skills by reviewing content created by our experienced curriculum planners?

Sign up today to be a facilitator at Junior Orators 2026 at https://tinyurl.com/jo26facils

We have another update for primary schools! After a hiatus, we are happy to announce that Primary School Debate Open (PSDO) will be returning this year!

In order to provide an environment that is similar to the one in Wits and Words, we hope to have a fully in-person tournament. As such, we would like to reach out to schools who are willing to host PSDO on one or more of the following dates in the morning.

Separately, to better plan for the tournament and details such as a team cap, we would appreciate your school’s help in filling in the interest form at https://tinyurl.com/psdo2026

Stay tuned for more information and we appreciate your help!

We are pleased to confirm that our annual debate initiative for primary schools - our June Holiday Debate Workshop titled Junior Orators will be held from 22 to 24 June 2026 at Rosyth School!

Do check the emails sent out if you are a primary school debate teacher in charge or signup now at https://tinyurl.com/JO26teams whilst slots last! 🗣️🎙️

We will be releasing more details in due course via our Facebook and Instagram channels.

Here's a look at DADC 2026 which was held on 24th and 25th January over Zoom.

Thank you to all the teams, judges and volunteers for making this a success. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for future events!

A throwback to D3DC 2026 which was held at TP last weekend (17th January)!
We are heartened to see teams participate in this free of cost competition for SSSDC Division 3 teams in preparation for SSSDC 2026, in our first D3DC since before the pandemic.
Congratulations to the Top 10 Overall Best Speakers in this round robin tournament and we hope that all the teams had a great time debating!

Introducing our CAP members for DADC 2026: Joel, Hamilton, Gillian and Yu Han!

Here's the latest schedule and updates for DADC 2026 which will now be held online (on Zoom) on 24th and 25th January 2026.

See you there this weekend!

We will be organising our second tournament of the year - DADC 2026 on 24 & 25 January 2026! We warmly invite schools/teams to participate and adjudicators to support the tournament.

Format: Modified WSDC (6-minute substantive speeches, 2-minute break before reply speeches)

Break categories:
💛Gold Quarterfinals: Top 8 teams overall
🩶Silver Quarterfinals: Next 8 highest-ranking teams from Divisions 2 & 3 not qualifying for Gold

As the venue is currently TBC, institutions willing to host DADC 2026 are encouraged to indicate interest in the team registration form or email us directly.

Registration fee is $190 per team and the registration deadline is 14 January 2026. Register now at:
Teams: https://tinyurl.com/DADC2026teams
Adjudicators: https://tinyurl.com/DADC2026adj

Hope to see you there 👋

We are happy to announce that D3DC is open for registration for both teams and adjudicators! As promised, registration fee is fully waived for all teams from Div 3 schools following our fundraiser tournament last week.

This year's tournament will be a round-robin, held in-person on 17 January 2026.

As the venue is currently to be confirmed, we would also like to invite any participating institutions who are able to host the tournament to indicate as such in the registration form or contact us directly.

Registration links:
Teams: https://tinyurl.com/D3DC2026teams
Adjudicators: https://tinyurl.com/D3DC2026adjs
Links can also be found in our bio!

Registration deadline: 5 January 2026

Stay tuned for further updates! Hope to see you there!

The Debate Association 25th Anniversary Fundraiser Tournament took place last weekend and we would like to thank everyone for making it a success! We are proud to announce that we have raised approximately $670 through this tournament and as previously mentioned, all proceeds will go towards funding D3DC (keep a lookout for the sign up forms!)
The recordings from this event can also be found on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTveJEA2F1hFdqPASM34p9g

Once again, thank you all for your active participation and hope to see you again at our upcoming events!