Sri Lanka, Aug. 3 -- National team ranks 1st out of over 80 countries after preliminary rounds

Sri Lanka's national schools debating team has delivered the finest performance in the country's history at the World Schools Debating Championship (WSDC), the largest and most prestigious debating competition for secondary school students in the world.At WSDC 2026, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 to 24 July with the participation of more than 700 students, coaches and judges from over 80 countries,.

Sri Lankan team has won seven of its eight preliminary debates and ranked 1st overall after the preliminary rounds - the highest ranking a Sri Lankan team has ever achieved at the tournament, and the first time a Sri Lankan team has topped the prel...