{"id":44783,"date":"2026-04-02T20:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=44783"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:10:36","slug":"fide-chess-in-education-commission-edu-courses-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/fide-chess-in-education-commission-edu-courses-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDE Chess in Education Commission (EDU) courses April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44783\" class=\"elementor elementor-44783\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f418d53 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f418d53\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cfbbd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cfbbd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad55e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ad55e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dear Chess Friends,<\/p><p>FIDE\u2019s Chess in Education Commission continues to accelerate its provision of training for Lecturers and Teachers of Educational Chess, offering a series of high-level online and in-person opportunities in spring 2026.<\/p><p>The Preparation of Lecturers (PoL) course leads to the FIDE title of Lead School Instructor (LSI). It is intended primarily for those who will train teachers, helping to expand the global community of educators capable of teaching chess in an educational way.<\/p><p>The Preparation of Teachers (PoT) course leads to the FIDE title of School Instructor (SI). This 3-day (15-hour) training equips participants with pedagogical methods, digital tools, and practical strategies for teaching chess as an educational tool.<\/p><p>The schedule of the FIDE EDU upcoming courses is below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98aad1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a98aad1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2172\" height=\"1546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-44785\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026.jpg 2172w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026-768x547.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026-1536x1093.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EDU-Courses-April-2026-2048x1458.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2172px) 100vw, 2172px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e9843 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55e9843\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To join, please register via the following links:<\/p><p><strong>3rd Arabic PoT online course<\/strong> \u2013 April 3-5<br \/>Register:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/6rMJGDNzFAMxkPP?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcUZOSGkyNlJJMEZvWlk1S3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7kmAhviwsfJUQ9E5Sw2V62KM0Shbh1jD2c7jZm433wIQXlYtsOeUj3zpHjjQ_aem_EBJFDhQo5h3uTmsBaK75jA\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/6rMJGDNzFAMxkPP<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>7th Russian PoT course in Kazakhstan, Astana<\/strong> \u2013 April 7-9<br \/>Register: +7 777 1688 188 (WhatsApp)<\/p><p><strong>12th POL\u00a0online course<\/strong> &#8211; April 11-12<br \/><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Register:<strong><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/i5HX9QeY5JwHD39?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcUZOSGkyNlJJMEZvWlk1S3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR518nht1xbKpxQPx5GitM02H9HuCweaUhlQNwY0YFlxXfKWnuRSru4HqBHwqQ_aem_rK0pukk5FPQN6oXAGPDVFA\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/i5HX9QeY5JwHD39<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><strong>36th PoT online course<\/strong> \u2013 April 17-19<br \/>Register:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/AeoT8Bp3TNDMSHT?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExcUZOSGkyNlJJMEZvWlk1S3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR64rLJKJWRR7pACjlPW42sy3GN-mkyfq6RjbLnlwHPCYiAqptTVRTKkDY5aRw_aem_tp2XVXXpl6yX3SedwjlDag\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/AeoT8Bp3TNDMSHT<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>2nd Vietnamese PoT course in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh<\/strong> \u2013 April 25-26<br \/>Register:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tungchessvn@gmail.com\"><strong><u><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">tungchessvn@gmail.com<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Our dedicated Chess in Education website has further details: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edu.fide.com\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">edu.fide.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Chess Friends, FIDE\u2019s Chess in Education Commission continues to accelerate its provision of training for Lecturers and Teachers of Educational Chess, offering a series of high-level online and in-person opportunities in spring 2026. The Preparation of Lecturers (PoL) course leads to the FIDE title of Lead School Instructor (LSI). It is intended primarily for those who will train teachers, helping to expand the global community of educators capable of teaching chess in an educational way. The Preparation of Teachers (PoT) course leads to the FIDE title of School Instructor (SI). This 3-day (15-hour) training equips participants with pedagogical methods, digital tools, and practical strategies for teaching chess as an educational tool. The schedule of the FIDE EDU upcoming courses is below: To join, please register via the following links: 3rd Arabic PoT online course \u2013 April 3-5Register:\u00a0https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/6rMJGDNzFAMxkPP 7th Russian PoT course in Kazakhstan, Astana \u2013 April 7-9Register: +7 777 1688 188 (WhatsApp) 12th POL\u00a0online course &#8211; April 11-12Register:\u00a0https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/i5HX9QeY5JwHD39 36th PoT online course \u2013 April 17-19Register:\u00a0https:\/\/cloud.fide.com\/s\/AeoT8Bp3TNDMSHT 2nd Vietnamese PoT course in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh \u2013 April 25-26Register:\u00a0tungchessvn@gmail.com\u00a0 Our dedicated Chess in Education website has further details: edu.fide.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[164],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-44783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fide-news","tag-chess-in-education"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44788,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44783\/revisions\/44788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44783"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=44783"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=44783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}