Character Building in the Global Competition Era

Indonesia, through the President Regulation number 87/2017 has prioritized a program named Character Education Building Program. It was issued in emphasizing and maintaining the identity of Indonesia as a nation that upholds values, such as: religious, tolerance, creative, independent, sense of love to the motherland, communicative, and care of environment.

Epistemologically, high concern towards the important of character education is as an influence of the globalization current that overwhelms all of the identity of the nation in the world, including in Indonesia. The development of communication and information technology and industry competition (including in Education) is two of courtier which is proved successfully speeds up the disruption current.

When communication between Indonesia and India people does not become an unsual thing. When coworkers society of Chinese and Germany become a routinity. There happens an interaction of identity which triggers the aculturation, even cultural asimilation is possible to happen. The momentum of communication between the culture becomes an interaction gate between identity of the nation. Each value of the nation character (as a part of identity) will be examined its existence and endurance. Here, we can see the important of character education in maintaining the identity of each nation.

Together with the urgency of the character education, the global competition which should be faced by each nation is a fact in this century. The domography burst in 2030 will be a serious job that becomes an opportunity and also a chalenge in facing the competition that has been started.

The citizen who does not have competitive character will be displaced by another. People who do not have specific skill will lose in competition by the other people. The native who do not have any courage in managing the opportunities and risks will be deportated by rist takers from all around the world. The company with its old fashion system will be burried naturally by the e-commerce. The institution of education that cannot face the change of era will be left out slowly. That is the reality which should become a high concern today.

In the work field, Indonesian fresh graduates do not compete anymore with alumnus from other national campus, but will face to face with the graduates of the Top 10 Universities in The World. In a competence test, students in India should be able to compete with the other students from other countries. Even the designs of school in the world have become our neighbors as competition participants who “never sleep” in facing the global competition at earth which is getting smaller. It is a fact that hundreds schools are established with its international menu, such as: Cambridge Centre, IB, Singapore International School, Saraswati International School, and other competitors. Those facts become an embryo for education intitution in the level of  primary school,  secondary school, and univesity which apply character education and inculcate global competence as the main menu.

The change has reached Cianjur Regency – West Java. Many boarding schools are established (modern religious school) and integrated which give more concern towards character education and has orientation to the global competition power such as SMP Islam Cendekia Cianjur.

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