WSDC is the premier debating competition in the world for high school students. The competition brings national teams from around the world for about 10 days to debate about various topics, within parliamentary debating techniques to earn the title of world champions. The 26th World Schools Debating Championships will be held on August 5 – 15, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand hosted by Assumption University of Thailand (www.au.edu).

The first World Schools Debating Championships were held in Australia in 1988. The event attracted participants from Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States. In 1990 the second championship was held in Canada, ever since then it has been an annual event, hosted each year in a different country. Last three competitions were held in Doha (2010), Dundee(2011), Cape Town(2012) and Turkey(2013).

Participating teams are made up of the nation’s top five debaters, often selected after a long series of local, regional, and national debate events. WSDC encourages the youth to strive to make the world a better place through open and articulate communication and shared experiences.

WSDC aims:

To achieve excellence in debating
To encourage debating throughout the world
To promote international understanding
To promote free speech

In order to further these aims, all participating nations agree that:

​The team of any participating nation may be required to debate any issue
The team of any participating nation may be required to debate against the team of any other participating nation
The team of any participating nation is entitled to take part in the Championships on the same basis as any other participating nation’s team.

 Rules and guides can be found in this address: http://www.schoolsdebate.com/docs/