12th Annual National Debate Team Tryouts
Tryouts for the next Moroccan National Debate Team (MNDT 2026) will be held in the month of August and September 2025. The top 5 ranked students will be chosen to be trained from October 2025 to July 2026 to compete in 2026 World & Continental Championships in-person. Students ranked from 6th to 11th best will be placed on The Development Team. The Development team debaters will attend an in-person competition in 2026.
Selection Process: Students will have individual interviews where they will to debate one-on-one and present public speaking speech. The debate will be an impromptu topic with 15 minutes of preparation time and the speech must be prepared before the interview. For the public speaking speech, you can choose any topic you want and you can start preparing as soon as you fill out our application form below.
The top 11 debaters will be chosen with the top 5 debaters being placed on the national team that will attend the 2026 WSDC in Kenya. 6 other debaters will be placed on the Development team. Once the MNDT team and the Development team are chosen, they will begin having training sessions in groups of 5 or 6 with their team coaches.
The 12th MNDT will be chosen by our coaching staff, our national adjudicators and invited international adjudicators.
Location: Zoom (online)
Registration Deadline: August 30th, 2025 at 22:00
Tryout Dates: August 1st until September 20th*
*students will attend just one of these days above for an hour long interview
Application Fee (non-refundable)
50MAD: non-MDA members (before August 10th)
150MAD: non-MDA members (after August 11th)
free for Morocco Debate Association members
Eligibility
1. Must be: 13 to 18 years old by 09/2025.
2. Must be a full time high school (secondary school) student in Morocco.
3. Must have an intermediate to advanced speaking level in English.
4. Must be able to attend a 2-hour online training sessions once a week, on a weekend.
Ideal Candidate
A) Hardworking individuals who like to stay up-to-date on current affairs.
B) Obtained approval from parents.
C) Maintains a healthy relationship with teachers and is respectful at all times.
APPILCATION FORM
Google Form
Moroccan National Debate Team 