National High School Debates Reach Semifinals

#1 Bali will meet #4 North Sumatra while #2 Jakarta will face #6 Aceh in the semifinals of the 2011 National Schools Debating Championships tomorrow. The government-run NSDC is the premier province-based high school debate competition in Indonesia with origins from the High School Debating Camp held by Universitas Indonesia in 2000 that produced the country's first representatives to the World Schools Debating Championships. Like its predecessor, NSDC is part of the selection process for the coming WSDC team. The current Team Indonesia, which came from last year's NSDC, will compete in the 2011 WSDC in Dundee, Scotland next August.

The break list was as follows:

1. Bali
2. Jakarta
3. Yogyakarta
4. North Sumatra
5. South Sulawesi
6. Aceh
7. East Java
8. Central Java
9. Banten
10. West Java
11. West Kalimantan
12. South Kalimantan
13. East Kalimantan
14. West Nusa Tenggara
15. East Nusa Tenggara
16. Riau Islands