{"id":3194,"date":"2025-10-06T08:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:54:08","slug":"charity-program-extended-for-the-2025-26-school-year-for-underprivileged-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/?p=3194","title":{"rendered":"CHARITY PROGRAM EXTENDED FOR THE 2025\/26 SCHOOL YEAR FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED SCHOOLS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to the LearningChess Free for Schools Program info page for the 2025\/26 school year. In the last ten years, more than 130,000 children studied with LearningChess for free<\/strong> in our different educational programs worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We gladly inform you that LearningChess owners will extend<\/strong> the ongoing charity program for underprivileged schools to the 2025\/26 school year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You and your students can get free online chess lessons with complete Learning Management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This year’s motto: “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.<\/strong>” John Holmes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is teaching chess essential in schools?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching chess in schools is a comprehensive approach to developing your students’ skills. It enhances logical thinking, memory, pattern recognition, focusing, concentration, attention, learning abilities, analyzing, planning, imagining, visualizing, creativity, and self-motivation<\/strong>. Chess also instills patience and politeness <\/strong>, and aids in the socializing<\/strong> process. Read more about that here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it free? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, our program is free for underprivileged schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to popularize chess as a game and a personal development tool worldwide. Currently, we manage the support of this program from our resources. However, the need is so high that we had to introduce a limit in the 2025\/26 school year. To accept applications from more schools, we limited the demandable student licenses to 20 per coach\/teacher<\/strong>. We are also looking for generous sponsors to increase this limit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Which schools are eligible for the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underprivileged schools or schools with disadvantaged students from any country are eligible for our Free for Schools Program. You can also apply if you have a unique but different program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our charity committee approves each registration. However, schools that are part of government-based underprivileged programs, such as Title I or reservation schools from the US, and L’\u00e9ducation prioritaire schools in France, can join without further approval from the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important: the chess activity we support has to be free of charge for kids.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can my school get for free in the program?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your school gets a complete online chess education system for one year with:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n