Students of the Department of Economics Education, Faculty of Economics, Yogyakarta State University (FE UNY), namely Sri Nuryanto, Miftakhul Hidayah and Bagja Sumantri won second place in the "Economic Issues" National Debate competition held at Ganesha Education University (UNDIKSHA) Bali on Friday (18/5) . Participants in this Debate Competition are Economic Education Students from all universities in Indonesia who formed a forum in the All-Indonesian Economic Education Student Association (IMAPESI). IMAPESI is used as a reference as a unifying nation's ideals and a forum to collect the aspirations of Economic Education Students in developing science and education. The National Debate Competition on Economic Issues has the theme “Increasing the Spirit of Critical, Competitive and Democratic Students.

The National Debate Competition on Economic Issues was participated by 10 universities throughout Indonesia, namely Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University Malang, Sebelas Maret University Surakarta, UHAMKA, UNY, IKIP PGRI Jember, SWCU Salatiga, UNDIKSHA, Jember State University, UPS Tegal, Malang Kanjuruhan. In this national debate competition on economic issues, there are 3 lecturers as the jury, namely the Chancellor of Panji Sakti University, Dr. Drs. Ketut Gunawan, MM I Wayan Suwendra, SE. M.Si, a lecturer in the management department of Undiksha and I Wayan Artika S.Pd, M.Hum, a lecturer in Indonesian at Undiksha.

The first place was won by UNDIKSHA, the second place was won by FE UNY, the third place was won by Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta (UNS) and the first place was won by the State University of Jember. With this national debate competition on economic issues, it is hoped that it will be able to train students' ability to negotiate and argue on a national scale and can accelerate and facilitate students to always think critically, intelligently, innovatively and sensitively in responding to global economic issues, so as to improve and increase the potential and quality of Economic Education Students throughout Indonesia. (Nur&Isti)