Universities teach marriage course as divorce rate rises

During a recent class at Egypt’s Cairo University, students laughed as they watched a skit acted out by their peers about a married couple, part of a new government project called Mawadda, which offers lessons to university students about how to pick the right partner and how to handle conflicts in marriage, reports Reuters.

The goal is to prevent divorce after the number of divorces reached more than 198,000 in 2017, a 3.2% increase from the year before.

Mawadda, meaning affection, is still in a trial phase, but the goal is to target 800,000 young people yearly starting in 2020 and to eventually make it mandatory for university students to take a class before graduating. Mawadda’s lessons will be accompanied by YouTube videos, a radio programme and educational plays. The church and Egypt’s top Sunni Muslim authority, Al-Azhar, are partners.
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