Debates@ACS
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 2024
CCA Fair will take place on Friday 5 Jan. Watch the 2 videos to find out more about our CCA!
Video submission is compulsory if you wish to be considered for the second stage of Debates trials. The second stage of trials for Debates are conducted on 25, 30 Jan & 1 Feb 2024.
Stage 1
Register for Debates trials at the CCA Open House. An email will be sent to you on Sat 6 Jan.
You will be given 2 days to prepare and submit an online video for pre-selection for trials. The topics will be sent to the email address that you submitted during trials registration. (Please make sure you check your registered email address on 6 Jan 2024.) Non-submission of videos by the given deadline (13 Jan 2024) will mean disqualification for Stage 2.
Only selected candidates will attend in-person trials on 25, 30 Jan & 1 Feb 2024.
Stage 2
If you have been selected for stage 2, attend trials on one of the given dates. You will need to:
do a written quiz on general knowledge
present an impromptu speech
do a Q&A with the coach
attend an interview with the teachers.