Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Culture and Character Education

Issues of culture and character of the nation has now become the spotlight community. The spotlight was on various aspects of life, enshrined in numerous writings in print media, interviews, dialogues, and talk show on the electronic media. In addition to the mass media, the community leaders, experts, and the observers for education, and social observers spoke about issues of cultural and national character in the various forum seminar, both at the level of local, national, and international. Issues that arise in the community such as corruption, violence, sexual crimes, the destruction, the fight of the masses, the life of a consumerist economy, political life is not productive, and so on to be a warm discussion topics in the mass media, seminars, and on various occasions. Various alternative solutions proposed as regulation, legislation, increased efforts in the implementation and application of the law.

Another alternative that many proposed to to solve  at least reduce, the issue of culture and character  is education. Education is considered as a preventive for alternative education building new generation a better nation. As an alternative to the preventive, education is expected to develop the quality of young people in a variety of aspects that can minimize and reduce the causes of the various issues of culture and character of the nation. It is recognized that the results of education will look its impact in the not very soon, but it has staying power and a strong impact in the community.

The curriculum is the heart of education . Therefore,  the curriculum at this moment should be e give greater attention to the education of the culture and character of the nation than the previous period's curriculum. The opinions expressed of the leaders of society, education, the quality of education and other community members in various mass media, seminars and gatherings organised by the Ministry of national education in early 2010, describes the existence of a community needs a strong education culture and character of the nation. Moreover, if examined, that needs it, are imperative, is a human quality as formulated in Indonesia National Education Goals.

Public concern about the education culture and character of the nation has also become a concern of the Government. Various efforts to the development of education culture and character of the nation has been done in various Directorate and the various government agencies, especially in the various units of the Ministry of national education. That development efforts with regard to the various level and line education although it is not yet comprehensive. The desire of the community and the Government's concern regarding the education of the culture and character of the nation, eventually accumulate on Government policy concerning the education of the culture and character of the nation and became one of the Government's flagship program, at least for a period of 5 (five) years.

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