Our Debate Club aims to offer our gentlemen the opportunity to:
develop strong oratorical skills
gain a good grasp of world issues
have a zeal for knowledge
acquire the skills for critical thinking and
achieve language excellence.
We provide a wide range of opportunities to engage our members in discussions that will challenge their thinking and broaden their perspectives on global issues.
Throughout the year, we take part in several debate competitions, including:
Singapore Secondary Schools Debating Championships (Division I)
Eunoia Debating Championship
Debates Association Debating Championship
Raffles Institution U-14 Debating Championship
Oldham Cup
Thoburn Cup
and other school invitationals.
Through such platforms, our debaters get to hone their skills as they pit themselves against the best in the nation. We are one of the top 20 secondary debate institutions in Singapore.
In the course of our history, we have produced scholars and debaters. Many of our debating alumni have gone on to represent their post-secondary institutions and have done the nation proud at prestigious international debate tournaments.
In 2008, former school debater Lim Yin Li received the Top 5 Speaker Awards at the MOE Invitational Debating Championships (the National JC Tournament). In 2011, former school debater David Aw clinched one of the Top 3 Speaker Awards, representing Anglo-Chinese Junior College at the Bratislava Schools Debating Competition.
CCA Fair will take place on Thursday 8 Jan 2026. Watch the 2 videos to find out more about our CCA!
Trials for Debates are conducted on 20 Jan, 27 Jan & 3 Feb 2026.
What happens at Trials
Report at ELLC1 on the date that you have signed up for. We do not accept last-minute additions.
You will need to:
present a speech after 10 minutes of preparation time
do a Q&A with the coach
attend an interview with the teachers.