SHAPING GOLDEN GENERATION THROUGH CHARACTER EDUCATION TOWARD 100 YEARS INDONESIA

Abstract

Indonesia is a large country and is rich in natural resources potential. Indonesia
greatness characterized by the extent of the area, population and strategic location in
the middle of the equator. While the rich natural resources of Indonesia are
characterized by the potential of the land, sea and air is very large. But it is
recognized that the greatness and richness of Indonesia have not been managed
properly so as not maximized to improve the welfare of society. The most important
part of the greatness of Indonesia is the number of the younger generation or the
generation of productive gold (golden generation) are quite high. It is estimated that
the demographic bonus (demographic devided) in 2010-2035 the number of
generation of gold is much higher than the number of elderly and children, which is
about 100 million people. However, this generation can also be a disaster (a
demographic disaster) if not qualified.Golden generation should be prepared from
now through education. In addition to establishing the competence of knowledge
(cognitive) and skills (psychomotor), it is also very important balance by building
character (affective). Education today can not answer fully the efforts to form a
golden generation for so many challenges and obstacles, such as juvenile
delinquency, drugs, promiscuity, and so forth. In the future It needs to be improved
character development (character building) at all levels of education to prepare
generations of gold (E) nergik, (M) ultitalenta, (A) ktif and (S) pritual. This
commitment needs to be agreed upon by the government, private and The aim
is to commemorate 100 years of the age of independence of the Republic of Indonesia
or Indonesian gold by 2045.