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28/10/2017
Association of Students of Languages (ASSOL) Crowned Winner of UEW-K Interdepartmental Maiden Debate Competition.
The much awaited interdepartmental maiden debate competition which commenced early this semester has finally come to a successful end today. Indeed, it has been a keen contest between eight departments within the four walls of COLTEK.
At the preliminary stage, the American style of debate was used and we had the following departments as the participating teams: Association of Students of Languages (ASSOL), Construction Students' Association (COWNSA), Information Technology Students (INFOTESS), Hospitality Students' Association of Ghana (HOSSAG), Accounting Students' Association (ASA) Management Students' Association (MASA), Executive Students' Association (ESA) and Fashion Students' Association (FATSA).
At the preliminary contest, four departments successfully sailed through to the grand finale; ASSOL, ASA, HOSSAG and ESA were the teams that qualified to the final stage where the British style of debate was used to determine the best debating team. The motion for the grand finale was a brilliantly crafted one which sort to provide suggested remedies to the never-ending unemployment situation in Ghana. Motion: "This house believe that job creation is the role of the individual and not the government".
The above motion, sincerely speaking, suffered in the hands of these four powerful teams as they digested, dissected and dichotomized it with their powerfully power packed and well elucidated points grounded on the premise of incontrovertible evidence.
At the end of the whole debate, it was a naked fact that indeed job creation is the role of the individual and not the government on the grounds that government creates enabling environment for individuals to take opportunity and create jobs for themselves and others. It was also noticeable that government only plays a role by facilitating job creation by the individuals. Government does this by ensuring security in the country so that investors can come in and invest in the country which automatically creates jobs for the people.
It was also conspicuously and abundantly clear that government facilitates jobs creation by providing the necessary resources available to its citizenry so that individuals takes advantage of that to create jobs for themselves and others. Innovations, creativity, smartness and swiftly taking up opportunities created by government were some of the issues raised by the winning team.
The above points enumerated inter alia were the issues raised by ASSOL and ASA who vigorously spoke in favour of the motion.
At the end of the debate, ASSOL emerged winner with 51.3% as they debated with practical and hard facts coupled with concrete evidences that were not far fetched by all and sundry. The ASSOL team didn't only win the ultimate prize but also won the best collaborative team with its debaters also winning the first and second runner up for the best public speaker respectively.
The Accounting students' Association that has very much bragged and anticipated resounding victory won the second position with 42.1% with one of their debaters adjudged the best debater.
It is indeed true that this maiden debate has affirmed the Slogan of ASSOL "Commanders of the Language" without any modicum of doubt. They have practically proven beyond every reasonable doubt that they are the commanders of the Language.
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