Character Issues: Reality Character Problems and Solutions through Education in Indonesia

Abstract

Weak character education raises the problem of corruption, a fight between students, free sex, drugs and rape/abortion indicate that the issue of character education of the nation must be improved and the concern of all parties, the nation's leaders, law enforcement officers, educators, religious leaders, groups and other etc. There are two important issues about the educational character of the nation; Orientation bias and bias value national character education focus of the nation. This paper includes concern for the problems faced by Indonesia in terms of character education, and then analyze the facts and the reality that is happening, in this paper discussed the alternative settlement. Character development if it is to effectively and intact is the reform of education through curriculum changes to include three institutions, namely the family, school and community. The first step to do is reconnect relations and educational networks that breaking point between the third educational institution. Without the three institutions, education programs in schools only a discourse character alone will not work because there is no continuity and harmonization.

Keywords : Character Issues, Problems, Solutions and Education