Management of Premarital Education to Build Readiness to Marry Youth in the Community Education Perspective

Abstract

Implementation of premarital education programs answers the facts of the problems that often occur in the community, especially the lack of premarital guidance to adolescents. Based on preliminary studies, the reasons that often arise from young people are the need for substantial costs to participate in premarital training programs, not least that premarital education conducted by KUA is still limited and not even directly felt by the community. Through the practicum of the course with a project based learning approach, it seeks to create affordable training model products while still prioritizing the achievement of educational goals based on the analysis of community needs. This study aims to describe the management of premarital training programs that emphasize the principle of lifelong education as a public education perspective. This study is a practicum case study research course analyzing training models through a project based learning approach. To reveal the data and information, the researcher applied a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, namely revealing the depth of data and information based on the research formulation and research questions which will be revealed, namely how is the management of premarital training programs for adolescents relevant to the principles of public education? The premarital training system in the cycle is divided into three stages, namely, the planning, implementation, and evaluation stages. Of the three cycles, the implementation always begins with a needs analysis, then a prenuptial training design is then prepared, followed by the development of premarital training materials, training and ending with evaluation.

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