{{This Saturday marked the beginning of the annual debate tournament organized by iDebate Rwanda–a youth NGO which organizes debates and training in public speaking aimed at encouraging youth’s to love debates and their interest in public issues and interests.}}
The debate competition was attended by more than 15 schools and 200 students. The students debated on a motion–“Rwanda should reform the education system to tackle modern challenges.”
Armed with their wit and incredible amount of research, they came prepared for a day of hard and fast thinking with the hope to go home with a trophy that would make them the best debaters.
After a day of debating, the final two best teams were Lycee de Kigali and FAWE and after a last debate and a long deliberation from the judges, the debate was won by FAWE Girls School. Igihozo Sandrine from Martyrs Secondary School emerged the best debater.
It was an extremely productive day for both the students and the team of iDebate which organized the debate tournament. “This was by far one of the best tournaments we have had since we started this organization.
We received more students than ever who were more interested, more committed and more qualified.
I would like to thank everyone who helped us, the schools which gave us their students, IFAK for providing the venue and encourage more schools to help us in this endeavor” said Teta Christine, the president of iDebate Rwanda.
The students were also very happy with how the tournament was conducted. Mekha Rousseau Ndayisenga, as student from King David Academy also emphasized how grateful he was for iDebate Rwanda and the skills it has provided him.
“I am so happy for how much I have grown as a person and a debater. What I hope for as many people as possible to get the opportunities that I got debating.”
emma@igihe.rw
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