Should the Relative Evaluation System Be Abolished? ... Pukyong National University Hosts 'Jinjjabei Debate Competition'

Debate competition participants are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Pukyong National University recently held the ‘2022 Academic Year Real Debate (Real Debate) Competition’ for undergraduate students.

The competition, hosted by the Pukyong National University Center for Teaching and Learning Support, featured a total of 36 teams from 34 departments. After preliminary rounds, 16 teams advanced to the finals, where the final winner was decided on the 16th.

The 16 finalist teams conducted tournament-style debates on the topic ‘Domestic universities should abolish the relative evaluation system,’ exchanging keynote speeches (opening statements), free discussions, and closing remarks (final rebuttals).

The grand prize and a cash award of 2 million KRW were awarded to the team of Kim Tae-woo, a senior in Mechanical Engineering, and Choi Sang-hyun, a junior in Naval Architecture and Ocean Systems Engineering.

The gold prize and 1.5 million KRW went to the team of Yang Ju-hye, Kim Jeong-hwan, and Jeong Su-a; the silver prize and 800,000 KRW were awarded to the teams of Jeong So-eun, Lee Ga-young, Lee Ji-eun and Kim Hye-seon, Baek Seo-jeong, Oh Se-do, respectively.

Pukyong National University organized this debate competition to strengthen related programs so that enrolled students can develop teamwork skills with their teammates, logical and critical thinking abilities, and the ability to persuasively express given problems.

The university selected four teams with high scores in the competition to participate in external debate contests.

The university plans to actively encourage the selected teams by providing one-on-one coaching with experts so that students can achieve excellent results in external competitions as well.

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