Nationwide debate competition
by Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung
- Any age
- Open to Germany
- Where
- 🇩🇪 Germany
About
- Nationwide debate competition for secondary school students
- Trains critical thinking, argumentation and democratic participation
- Includes school-level debates, regional qualifiers and national finals
- Provides teacher training, curriculum materials and online learning platform
- Open to students from grade 8 in general and vocational schools
- Schools register via state coordinators; apply through your school
Eligibility
- Students from grade 8 at German general or vocational schools
- Schools must appoint a teacher coordinator
- At least two teachers must complete project training
- Schools must run curriculum units and hold an annual school competition
