Opportunity Foundation and Study Group start project for more educational equality

Opportunity Foundation and Study Group start project for more educational equality

The “Buddy Scholarship” is intended to give more children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families access to qualified tutoring and participation in good education.

Opportunity Foundation and Study Group start project for more educational equality

In keeping with their mottos “For more educational equality” and “Professional tutoring for everyone”, the Opportunity Foundation and the study group are combining to form an effective initiative: The “Buddy Scholarship” is intended to enable more children from socioeconomically weak families to have access to qualified tutoring and to participate in good education. The project starts this month with 100 children from Hesse. The prerequisite for acceptance as a “buddy scholarship holder” is a rejection of learning-promoting measures through the Federal Government’s Education and Participation Package (BuT).

Children from low-income families are entitled to BuT benefits. This includes covering the costs of lunch at school, school trips or tutoring. A good thing. But: It is not uncommon for BuT applications to be rejected. Within the last 12 months, the study group team was confronted with around 3,500 rejections for tutoring students from financially poor families across the country. The reasons for this vary, for example: “a grade 4 is sufficient” or “the child has already been supported once”. The need for support of children from families who do not receive social benefits but earn very little is also not always recognized. For Dr. Alfons Priessner, managing member of Studienkreis GmbH, describes an unsatisfactory and depressing situation: "The families are not supported by the state, but are also unable to finance the tutoring for their children on their own. This causes disappointment, frustration and shame. We don't want to leave them alone in this situation, but rather give them a perspective."

The Opportunity Foundation and the study group have been working together since 2012 and support disadvantaged children and young people with tutoring and language learning opportunities. While Studienkreis offers lessons at reduced rates, the Chance Foundation raises donations to finance the remaining costs. As part of the “Buddy Scholarship”, Studienkreis waives half of the reduced price.

"The aim of the Opportunity Foundation is to effectively decouple the connection between origin and educational success so that every child can develop their potential for themselves and our society. We are very pleased to have Studienkreis at our side as a strong partner on this mission. In our joint project, children from less privileged families receive the same services as children with higher social status, namely professional tutoring from well-trained teachers. They are not stigmatized, but rather seen and valued in their possibilities," says Dr. Christoph Börsch, founder and board member of the Chance Foundation.

The Chance Foundation welcomes donations under the keyword “Buddy” in order to be able to include more children in the project: Frankfurter Volksbank, IBAN: DE70 5019 0000 6600 9841 85, BIC: FFVBDEFF

As part of the GoStudent Group, the Studienkreis is one of the leading private education providers in Germany - on site and online. The company offers qualified tutoring and extracurricular instruction for students of all classes and school types in all common subjects. The individual support follows a scientifically proven learning concept. This strengthens students' sense of responsibility for their learning successes, improves confidence in their abilities and helps them to develop and fulfill their potential. With its more than 900 locations, the Studienkreis guarantees its customers an offer close to their home and nationwide professional online tutoring from trained e-tutors. Further information about the work and the concept of the study group can be found at https://www.studienkreis.de or toll-free on 0800 111 12 12. Contact via social media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube.

The Opportunity Foundation has been supporting children and young people from socioeconomically weaker families on their educational path since 2009. The aim of the foundation is that every young person in Germany receives the best possible support and leaves school with a qualification and a firm belief in their own success - regardless of their parents' background or income. The Opportunity Foundation has carried the seal of the “Transparent Civil Society Initiative” since 2016, and in 2017 it was named “Initiative of the Month” by the Hessian state government. In 2022, the Chance Foundation signed the “Diversity Charter” for diversity in the world of work. The founding founder and board member is Dr. Christoph Börsch.

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