PENGEMBANGAN PROGRAM KECAKAPAN HIDUP (LIFE SKILLS) UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT SEKITAR PESANTREN

Abstract

The Improvement of Life Skills Program for Community Empowerment of Surrounding Islamic Boarding School. 

As the effect of economic crisis in 1998 and facing global economic crisis situation since 2008, Indonesia has to overcome various social problems such as unemployment, the increasing number of drop-out students, and the increasing rate of the poverty. This phenomenon drives the Department of National Education (DNE) to establish the Life Skills Program involving the society. But, there are different concepts and implementation about this program between World Health Organization (WHO) and DNE. The government policy give opportunity for the society to actively engage in education sector is responded by the community of Village of Sukosono, District of Kedung, Regency of Jepara by establishing Community Learning Center (CLC) "Al-Wathoniyah". This establishment is driven by the relatively low level of welfare and education in Sukosono community. CLC carries out the extramural education including Life Skills Program and cooperates with Islamic Boarding School "Mambaul Qur'an". The implementation of this program needs to be evaluated and given feedback through research and action program, by means of observation, interview, documentation study, and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) in order for the program to be implemented better in the future.