Language, Education and Debating Society (LEADS) is made up of students who are interested in communication, public speaking and debating skills. Previously, it was known as SPENCE club which stood for Speech and Performance. The newly improved club was conceptualised to represent the debaters and public speakers at the college and would be emphasising on their training. Other performance activiti
es previously handled by the defunct SPENCE club such as drama and choral speaking have been relegated to the Arts club. LEADS will also focus on language-centered activities such as essay writing and quizzes. The society sees itself as being responsible for the sharing of information with the student body. For that reason, our members regularly do research on relevant local and global issues, and the facts and information will be shared with others through the medium of public speaking and campaigns. We also take up small causes such as participating in the 'Teaching for the Needs' (TFTN) program specialising in the teaching of English at orphanages. A suitable cause will be celebrated in the club as we absolutely believe in the importance of giving back. As its name suggests, LEADS is the gathering-place of debaters all over RCMP. Our club maintains debating and public speaking as our two core activities. We will be doing in-house trainings (which include only members) and open competitions (which involve the student body as well as members) all year long with a specific theme for each month. It is also crucial to note that we also would like to focus on Bahasa activities. We have our own Unit Bahasa who is in charge of overseeing the pidato and bahas activities at our college. In LEADS, we emphasise on the merit of ideas more than individual style of public speaking; hence, the language used to deliver those points matters next to nothing. Professionally, we recognise English as an important language to be learned, but we would want our members to be able to become good thinkers instead of mere good speakers. The 2015/2016 term committee members for LEADS are:
President: Nur Nabila Afiqah
VP for General Affairs: Megat Nazmi
VP for Debate Affairs: Izzul Zulazli
VP for Art and Culture Initiative: Farhan Nasa
Secretary: Fatin Atirah
Treasurer: Siti Mariam
Committee Heads:
Media Relations: Kamal Haziq
Speech Committee: Faiz Ikram
