Parliamentary Debate (80 + 20)
Genre : Speaking Arts
No. of teams per IIT :
1, For each participating team, they will be required to send 2 adjudicators. Please note that there will be an upper limit of adjudicators from each IIT to avoid team and speaker clashes. If the speaker team fails to fulfil the adjudication criteria, there will be a penalty of 5 points from the overall tally.
No of participants per team :
3 + 2 adjudicators, There will be an adjudication test for all adjudicators to decide the adjudicators on the panel.
Time Limit :
2 days (Prelim round 1.5 hours each x 3 + 2 Semis + 1 Finals)
Tournament Structure :
There will be 3 preliminary rounds in which teams will be ranked according to wins and losses.
In the event of a tie, speaker scores and margin of victory shall be used.
This will be followed by the top 4 teams qualifying to further rounds: The Semi Finals and Final.
Semi-finals will have a knockout format wherein the two winning teams will proceed to the finals.
A panel of core adjudicators will be appointed to set the motions and conduct the debate for Semi-Finals and Finals.
The adjudicators will deliver a seven-minute oral adjudication at the end of the debate. Following this, the debaters will score the adjudicators. The adjudicator scores obtained by the judges of each IIT will be added to their debate scores to determine the points table. Kindly note that the selection to semi-finals (team breaks) will however depend only on the debate scores, wins/losses, and margin of victory.
Judging Criteria :
- Manner, Matter and Method (Standard Asian Parliamentary rules).
- Asian Parliamentary Format (Themed rounds, Motion ranking with veto, 25 minutes’ preparation time, 7 minutes speaking time with the first and last minutes as protected time, Standard speaker roles apply, 4 minutes’ reply speech from a non-whip member of the team, 7 minutes’ oral adjudication followed by secret ballot of adjudicators by teams).
- A detailed Handbook of Parliamentary Debate Procedures will be shared later by the organizing team.
- The adjudication will also be judged and ranked according to the Standard judge scoring guide and the top 5 adjudicator will be awarded 20 points total in addition to the points secured by an IIT in debate. The points secured by the adjudicator will be stacked for an IIT. (Refer to Page 59: WUDC Judging Manual (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUlNpNPOjmXibDKUwRuDk_qmbT8oLa45/view) for judge scale)
Judges for the Event :
Shashwat Dash
Kaushik Das
Saatvik Dabral
