DELT Speech Star 2023, the oratorical competition organized by the Department of English Language Teaching (DELT) aims at developing the public speaking skills (English) of the first-year students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS). It was noticed by most of the lecturers that the speaking skills of the students could be developed by providing more opportunities to use English. Further, it was also felt encouragements on public speaking skills would motivate the students to communicate effectively. Hence, prepared speeches were often used to develop the public speaking skills of students.

This competition had three rounds: Round One – Class Level Competition; at this level, the students of all 18 classes were allowed to participate in the competition and the best three speakers from each class were selected for Round Two. At this point, the selected speakers were further trained in developing the delivery of prepared speeches. Finally, Round Three (Final Competition) will be held on the 05^th of October, 2023 at 2.00 p.m. in the Faculty Boardroom and the best three speakers will be selected as the winners. In addition to these winners, the students of the Department of English and Linguistics competed separately and the best three speakers from this category will also be selected on the same day.