{"id":69765,"date":"2020-08-04T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=69765"},"modified":"2020-08-04T00:39:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T05:39:07","slug":"sri-lanka-is-first-runner-up-in-2020-world-school-debating-championship-canada-wins-competition-with-68-participant-nationssri-lanka-named-best-english-as-a-second-language-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=69765","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka is First Runner-up in 2020 World School Debating Championship; Canada wins Competition where  68   Nations Participated ;Sri Lanka Named Best English as a Second Language Team."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sri Lanka National Debating Team became the first runner-up in the online World Schools Debating Championship 2020, while Canada beat Sri Lanka to win the Championship, in the final held on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka was also named the best ESL (English as a second language) team. Sri Lanka team\u2019s Shalem Sumanthiran won the seventh place in the best ESL Speakers\u2019 category.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 World Schools Debating Championships scheduled to be held in Mexico this year was postponed until January 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the postponement, special online events known as the \u2018Online World Schools Debating Championships 2020\u2019 was held from 17th July \u2013 2nd August 2020 with all the debates conducted through zoom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka reached the final for the first time in the School Debating Championship, which was attended by 68 nations.<\/p>\n<p>The six-member national debating team consists of Janul de Silva and Shalem Sumanthiran from Royal College, Colombo, Rahul de Silva and Jasmine Markandu from the Colombo International School, Chanidu Ratnayake from Ananda College, Colombo and Reiha Wimalasekera from Ladies\u2019 College Colombo.<\/p>\n<p>Sanjith Dias and Kithmina Hewage are the coaches of the National Team.<\/p>\n<p>Team Sri Lanka qualified for the final after defeating Team Ireland 7-0 in the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>The Championships is an annual English-language debating tournament for high school-level teams representing different countries in the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Island<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton69765\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D69765&amp;text=Sri%20Lanka%20is%20First%20Runner-up%20in%202020%20World%20School%20Debating%20Championship%3B%20Canada%20wins%20Competition%20where%20%2068%20%20...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka National Debating Team became the first runner-up in the online World Schools Debating Championship 2020, while Canada beat Sri Lanka to win the Championship, in the final held on Sunday. 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