UTech, Wolmer’s Boys’ win PIOJ youth debate competition
The University of Technology Knights and the Wolmer’s Warriors won the Dialogue for Development 2026 Youth Debate Competition. The event took place on Thursday at the offices of the Planning Institute of Jamaica in Kingston. Participants discussed various demographic and social challenges facing the country. Key topics included the declining birth rate and migration. The students also examined how the changing population structure affects sustainable development.
The University of Technology (UTech) Knights and the Wolmer’s Warriors emerged as champions of the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Dialogue for Development 2026 Youth Debate Competition, after tackling some of the country’s most pressing demographic and social challenges. The competition, held at the PIOJ’s Kingston offices on Thursday, examined issues ranging from migration and Jamaica’s declining birth rate to the implications of the island’s changing population structure for sustainable development.