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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Baguio student named world's best high school debater

Photo Courtesy || Radyo Bandera

Cordillera - A student from Baguio city was named the world best high school debater after winning gold in the recently concluded World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) on 14th, August 2021.

Robert "Toby" Leung, a Grade 12 student from Philippine Science High School - Baguio Campus took home the gold medal after besting other student debaters around the world including the best debaters from Singapore and Canada.

Leung bagged the Overall Best Speaker title when he obtained an average score of 73.17 points across eight preliminary rounds.

The World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC) is an annual English-language debating tournament for high school students from around the world.

It is considered to be the 'Olympics of high school debate' by the debate societies where it uses a special format known as 'World School Style Debating'.

This is the very first time a Filipino student has won and has been awarded the Best Speaker of the tournament since its first opening in 1988.

Meanwhile, The Philippine Science High School System congratulates Robert Nelson Leung of the Philippine Science High School - Cordillera Administrative Region Campus (PSHS-CARC) for having awarded the Overall Best Speaker title at The World Schools Debate Championships (WSDC).

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12 Comments:

Cyber Grace said...

Congratulations! You made CAR proud. God bless!

Unknown said...

Congrats Dear! Nakakaproud naman from the Philippines...

Unknown said...

Congratulations Robert Leung. You made us proud Filipino. Mabuhay ang Pilipino!

Unknown said...

Congratulations!we i Cordilleras/Filipino proud of you👏👏👏😍

Divine said...

Congratulations ��

Anonymous said...

kaninong anak ?lucky and blessed parents but were not mentioned.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Robert and proud parents 👏👏👏

Anonymous said...

Congratulations
Proud tlga aq sau mula ng journey mo sa pisay... im a parent of your classmate kaya nasubaybayan q ang kagalingan mo sa schoool" goodluck sayo at godbless you more...

Anonymous said...

PRAISE THE LORD ! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU , ALL OF US FROM THE CORDILLERANS , A GREAT ACHIVEMENT , THAT MEANS OUR SCHOOL HERE IN BAGUIO AY PANG WORLDCLASS . GO HIGH ! 🙏💖🇵🇭

Anonymous said...

Congratulations and thank you for representing our country. God bless you and your family.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations R N LEUNG hi lighting Pinoys on worldstage ur parents grandparents too GBU

Anonymous said...

Not only the name of the school be mentioned but also the parent's name for they also gave a major rule for Robert Leung's achievement. They deserve to be congratulated.

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