Soft Skills (MIDP)

Debating is a key activity in the development of essential communication skills within the POWIIS community.

Recognised as a Centre of Excellence for Soft Skills Education (CoESSE) by the Malaysian Institute of Debate and Public Speaking (MIDP), POWIIS hosts regular debating and public speaking competitions and camps for schools across Malaysia, as well as training and competition opportunities both for our school and the wider community. These programmes are facilitated by debaters and public speakers who have represented Malaysia at international inter-university competitions.

We are also expanding our soft skills development to include various international speech-related and creative thinking competitions. For our Key Stage 3 students, we recognise their talents in public speaking through our annual Sylvia Michael Trophy competition to award the best speaker in that key stage.