{"id":20287,"date":"2024-06-06T17:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20287"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:50:12","slug":"ug-berbice-campus-orators-youth-group-advances-to-speakers-national-youth-debating-competition-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/ug-berbice-campus-orators-youth-group-advances-to-speakers-national-youth-debating-competition-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"UG Berbice Campus Orators Youth Group Advances to Speaker&#8217;s National Youth Debating Competition Semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In the latest installment of the Speaker&#8217;s National Youth Debating Competition quarterfinals, the University of Guyana Berbice Campus Orators youth group emerged victorious against the Joshua Generation Youth Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moot for this debate was \u201cThe exponential rise in Guyana\u2019s gross domestic product is a testament to its economic growth and development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felisha Mohamed, representing the UG Berbice Campus Orators youth group, passionately proposed that the exponential rise in Guyana\u2019s gross domestic product indeed reflects its economic growth and development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She presented compelling evidence, including a graph showcasing Guyana\u2019s GDP from 2006 to 2022, which demonstrated pure exponentiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the opposition, represented by Jamicia McCalman of the Joshua Generation Youth Ministry, contested this viewpoint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acknowledging the exponential rise in Guyana\u2019s GDP, McCalman argued that attributing it to the country\u2019s growth and development would be disingenuous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, she pointed to sources such as the World Bank, which attributed Guyana\u2019s GDP rise primarily to oil production, highlighting the dominance of this single industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite both teams bringing their A game in terms of expression, the judges noted that they mixed up their points of argument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, the University of Guyana Berbice Campus Orators youth group secured victory with a score of 240 points, surpassing the Joshua Generation Youth Ministry\u2019s 213 points, and advancing to the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the competition progresses, anticipation builds for the remaining debates and the eventual winner of the Speaker&#8217;s National Youth Debating Competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest installment of the Speaker&#8217;s National Youth Debating Competition quarterfinals, the University of Guyana Berbice Campus Orators youth group emerged victorious against the Joshua Generation Youth Ministry. The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20289,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20287\/revisions\/20289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}