THO the belief that a university education leads to better living standards.
High School Pre-Grand Finals
THP charities to offer microfinancial services as opposed to unconditional cash handouts and provisions.
Info Slide
Microfinance refers to the financial services provided to low-income individuals or groups typically excluded from traditional banking. Most microfinance institutions focus on offering credit in the form of small working capital loans, sometimes called microloans or microcredit.
Grand Final
THR the glorification of "moving on" as a coping mechanism for victims.
Semifinals
THR the trend of queer movements in liberal democratic states that dominantly conceptualizes queer rights as private freedom, with an aim to reduce the role of government.
Quarterfinals
THBT the CBDR has done more harm than good to developing countries
Info Slide
Common but Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR) refers to the principle embodied by international climate regime which implies that all countries share common responsibility for environmental degradation, but should be assigned with different degree of responsibility according to countries' own circumstance.
Round 4
THBT that elites in post-colonial countries should actively indigenize themselves.
Info Slide
Indigenization is the act of making something more native; transforming some service, idea, etc., to suit local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in public administration, employment, and other fields.
Round 3
In low socio-economic areas, THW pay additional cash handouts to families according to their child’s performance in school.
Round 2
THBT the rise of "performative radicalism" in left-wing politics does more harm than good.
Info Slide
"Performative radicalism" refers to a type of political engagement that focuses on publicly sharing and displaying one's political beliefs or stances to create a court of public opinion rather than directly influencing policy change.
Round 1
THR the narrative that professionals working for nonprofits perform a "public service" or "sacrifice."