The Orator 2019-Inter-School Level-Preliminary Round

"The Orator"2019 Inter-school speech competition was organized by Rotaract Club of Badulla in collaboration with Gavel Club of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka for the First time. This competition will be held on few phases. The theme of the competition was "Echo of Eco". As the second stage, the Inter-school Speech competition was held on Sunday 30th of November 2019 at A1 hall of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka at 9.00 a.m. onwards. Competitors were advised to deliver a 3 minutes prepared speech according to the theme "Echo of Eco” which means, about the environment. The competition was held in 2 sections as Grade 9, 10, 11 category and Grade 12, 13 categories11 participants from grade 9,10,11 category and 05 participants from grade 12,13 category were got selected for the semifinal round.
The Judge board of the competition was comprised with Gaveliers of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka. 06 judging criteria were used for the selection. Those were, (10 marks), Presentation and Delivery (10 marks), Language usage (10 marks), Content of Speech (10 marks), Time (5 marks) and for the overall effectiveness (5 marks).
There were wonderful speeches done by the competitors and the objective of organizing the competition was a success The relevant procedures approved by the Toastmaster international for organizing Speech competitions were followed here with the advice of the gavel club of Uva Wellassa university of Sri Lanka.
The selected competitors will be called-back for the Public speaking workshop which will be held in near future and thereafter the semifinal round will be held.
Project Objectives were to improve the public speaking skills of school children in of Uva Province, members of the Rotaract Club of Badulla, members of Gavel club of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka and undergraduates of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka ,to educate the school community about the value of public speaking ,to help in improving the professional development skills of the members  and to build a strong public image about the club within the school community of Uva province and within undergraduates of Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka .