Analysis of Self-Capacity and Education Level of Fishermen at Pasirbaru and Cidadap Villages, Sukabumi Regency

Abstract

This research was conducted to know the characteristics of self-capacity and education level of fishermen on Pasirbaru and Cidadap villages.  The qualitative approach was done with the interview through questionnaires on the fishermen in two villages taken in purposive sampling. The characteristics of self-capacity of fisherman in both villages are a bit different. Cidadap fishermen have a very good category grade in aspects of knowledge, skills, competencies, and individual ethics of  mental, confident, and commitment, with scores of 83,87% ; 77,42% ; 45,16% ; 45,16% ; 25,81% ; and 51,61%  respectively. Those aspects were higher than Pasirbaru. On the other hand, Pasirbaru fishermen have higher grade than Cidadap fishermen from aspects of education level, education needs, presence of education deposits, and the amount of education savings. The graduation rate of Cidadap fishermen from elementary school, junior high school, and senior high school are 53,6% ; 10,7% ; and 3,6% respectively. 100% of Pasirbaru fisherman stated that education needs are important and very important. 67,9% of Pasirbaru correspondents stated that they have education savings, while only 32,3% of Cidadap correspondents who have education savings. Fishermen from both Cidadap and Pasirbaru village are uncertain about how much money they save per month. The uncertain value acquired from Pasirbaru and Cidadap respondents are 68,5% and 70% respectively. Need to increase the level of self-capacity and education of traditional fishermen in the region of Palabuhanratu Bay, Sukabumi

Keywords : characteristics, self-capacity, education, fishermen