The courses are aimed at acquainting young Saudi men and women with the best way of interacting with their partners and bringing up their children. The basic objective of these courses is to stop the rising number of divorces in the Kingdom.

In addition to these courses, some charitable foundations are engaged in deputing their representatives to Saudi families that have unmarried young women in order to educate them. Representatives of these societies also visit families that include young unmarried men. Their mission is to build Saudi families on a sound basis and help ease the problems facing families.

Mansour Abdul Rahman bin Askar, professor of sociology at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University and a member of the board of the Saudi Society for Sociology and Community Service, carried out a study in this respect.  The study highlighted the significance of conducting training and awareness courses for young men and women who intend to get married as well as for newly married couples.

The study noted that these courses are inevitable, especially in the wake of the alarming rise in the number of divorces.

The study drew attention to the statistical figures released by the Ministry of Justice last year. The number of divorce cases reached 28,867, a 50 percent increase in divorces compared to 10 years before.

The study also showed that nearly half of those who have registered their names for the training courses asserted that they are keen to know the methodology of tackling various social problems involving married life.

This shows their eagerness to reduce the intensity of family problems that have witnessed a huge increase over the past decades in the aftermath of the fast advancements in information technology and means of communications.

It was also revealed in the study that the response of unmarried young women to take part in such courses is greater than that of young men. However, unmarried young men outshined young women in taking advantage of these courses, mainly because of the fact that most of these classes are male-oriented and delivered by men. The study stressed the need to hire more women instructors for unmarried young women.

The recommendations of the study include working out a specific mechanism that would make it mandatory for young men and women to attend these courses before getting married. They also recommended the inclusion of family education as part of the school curricula, and the holding of training courses on public relations for all segments of society in all cities and villages across the Kingdom.