Instigator / Pro
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1644
rating
64
debates
65.63%
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Topic
#2973

THBT Education Should NOT be Compulsory in Third World Countries

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
6
3
Better sources
4
2
Better legibility
2
1
Better conduct
2
0

After 2 votes and with 8 points ahead, the winner is...

Undefeatable
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
5,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
6
1581
rating
38
debates
64.47%
won
Description

Pro: Education should be voluntary in developing countries

Con: Education should be compulsory in developing countries (required by law)

"Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. " -- Wikipedia

Third world countries:

"The term Third World was originally coined in times of the Cold War to distinguish those nations that are neither aligned with the West (NATO) nor with the East, the Communist bloc. Today the term is often used to describe the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia/Oceania.

Many poorer nations adopted the term to describe themselves.

Over the years, the meaning of the term has become an elastic word. On this page, the term Third World is used to identify the countries with substandard, underdeveloped, or underperforming conditions in certain fields, which are in great need of development." -- https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world.htm#:~:text=The%20term%20Third%20World%20was,America%2C%20and%20Australia%2FOceania.

Burden of proof is shared.

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@Barney

vote?

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@K_Michael

Fantastic counter plan, you had me stumped until I remembered dunning krueger effect. Funny how psychology relates back to education...

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@Undefeatable

I ran out of space for 5 and 6. I will cover them in next round.

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@K_Michael

oh, nice to see you active again. Haven't seen you take an education topic, so interested in how you deal with the legendary Undefeatable...

This is an interesting topic that I look forward to seeing. One would automatically assume it would be best for developing countries to make education mandatory, but that assumption ignores the fact that many, if not most developed countries didn't have compulsory education when they were developing. It was only compulsory after developing countries became fully developed.

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@coal

it's a formal debate convention.

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