Schedule of Events and Submission Deadlines

Schedule	Event	Related Document
September 2025	Invitation to take part in Time to Talk	Email from the NET Section, CDI, EDB
End of September 2025	Conditions and Regulations on NET Scheme e-Platform	Conditions and Regulations
29 September 2025 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Briefing session (online)	EDB Training Calendar System (TCS) notification – online application (Course Code: CDI020260209)
11 November 2025	Public speaking Series: Speaking with Purpose (Face-to-face) (Re-run)	EDB Training Calendar System (TCS) notification – online application (Course Code: CDI020260213)
2 December 2025	Deadline for submission of entry forms	Time to Talk Competition Entry Form
December 2025 to March 2026	Round 1 to be held in schools	Email reminder
27 March 2026	Deadline for submission of the names of competitors	Names of competitors Google Form
May 2026	Face-to-face competition followed by award announcement and/or prize presentation on the event day (TBC)	Email from the NET Section, CDI, EDB, to notify schools of the confirmed date Presentation slides (to be submitted 2 weeks before the day of the competition). No changes can be made after this date.

Expectations

Schools are strongly encouraged to send one or preferably two English teachers (one of whom may be the NET) to attend the professional development workshop on public speaking on 11 November 2025.

Teachers will need to:

attend the online briefing session on 29 September 2025;
hand out and collect parental consent forms for the NET Section to take images of students for later possible use for educational purposes and for uploading to the Internet;
participate fully in all public speaking activities at the professional development workshop;
use what they have learnt to prepare their students for the competition;
facilitate the development of the speech and ongoing training of students;
organise a Round 1; and
make arrangements with the NET Section for prize collection within 2 months after the competition.

Students will need to:

participate fully in any training sessions organised by their teachers in preparation for the competition;
participate in Round 1 of the competition; and
take part in the competition by giving a public speech, in a team of 2 – 4, for 3 – 4 minutes.