Lions Club South public speaking preliminaries begin today

Secondary Schools throughout the state will once again compete for a place in the finals of the Lions Club South/ Flow National Secondary School Public Speaking Competition. The preliminaries will commence today, Tuesday September 26 from 1:00 pm at the Frenches House in Kingstown.

Schools in Zone 1 are expected to face the judges on the topic: “Too many Vincentians view mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism as personal failures rather than a medical condition.’’

On Wednesday at 1:30 pm at the same location, Zone 2 schools will speak on the topic “The practice of tokenism in respect of youth involvement, women’s upliftment and poor people’s ennoblement has got in the way of meaningful change in St Vincent and the Grenadines.’’

On Thursday, schools in Zone 3 will address the topic “Artificial Intelligence (AI) development has brought with it several ethical dilemmas including a disruptive effect on the structure of the Labour market. In this sense, AI can easily be a bridge too far.”

On Friday September 29, Zone 4 will address the topic: “The upsurge in interest in space is fast becoming a pre-occupation of the rich and does absolutely nothing to improve human condition on earth.’’

Six finalists from the participating schools will be selected to meet at 7 pm on the night of Tuesday, October 24 at the Methodist Church hall in Kingstown. There will also be addresses from the sponsor, the Ministry of Education and President of the Lions Club South Janeil George.

The Preliminaries will be broadcast live from 1:30 pm each afternoon on VC3 Television, Nice Radio and We FM.

Flow SVG is once again the sponsor of this year’s competition.