PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER ADALAH SEBUAH KEHARUSAN

Abstract

Indonesia current character education is still considered as an ineffective system for building a nation's character. The developed nations compete and prepare for facing globalization that made cultures and civilization all over the world become closer. Therefore Indonesia has to strengthen its nation resilience by focusing on character education which is, of course, not ignoring another aspect of education.The character education, in modern context, is something important to overcome Indonesian moral crisis. The moral crisis is marked by the increase number of free sex, corruption , human rape, and homicides, including pornography and drug abuse, which until now is still cannot be completely resolved by official holders of policies in this country. Therefore, It is expected that all elements of society participate to improve the moral character of the nation. An inderpendent nation should construct a well-established strategy to embed code to all components of it. A good character is a pearl for a country that can be derived from the older generation to the younger, of the rulers and leaders to the people, from the teachers to the students. If the figures of a country cannot be a role model for the people, so expectation of improvement towards the cravig character would just be an empty hope, and it will not change anything in the country. As an effort to improve the character, the character of the nation's children is a concern. Abstrak Pendidikan yang telah berjalan selama ini dianggap belum mampu un-tuk membentuk karakter suatu bangsa. Bangsa-bangsa yang maju ber-lomba-lomba untuk menyiapkan diri dalam menghadapai dunia global yang semakin mendekatkan antar budaya dan peradaban. Oleh sebab itu Indonesia memperkuat ketahanan negerinya dengan memfokuskan