Building National Character Through Extracurricular Activity In Smp “X” Bandung

Research Article
Sardjijo
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0807.0533
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Character education, extracurricular activity, role of students.
Abstract: 

The high number of crime among children and youngsters, drugs abuse, bullying and cheating habit have been an unsolved social problem which further become a moral crisis for this beloved country. One of the solutions to overcome this crisis is to educate Indonesians’ character especially for the youth generation in which the country looks forward. In other words, education is the beginning of character building represented in positive activities in a form of extracurricular activity that allows character to empower itself. The research aims to describe the characteristics of extracurricular activity as a research finding which is further analyzed to find information of excellence in supporting the development of learner’s character education. The result shows the school conducts dissimilar activities in undertaking character education by presenting Supercamp and Homestay program to students. In Supercamp, students are taught about discipline, self-sustaining, teamwork and code of behavior while they are trained by National Army of Indonesia. On the other hand, Homestay program where students are compelled to stay in another family teaches students to work as a team and be interactive to new society (the new family).