Various social phenomenon that have occurred in recent years in Indonesia are getting worst. Solving problems through violence seems to be common. Crime, juvenile delinquency, corruption, pornography, and drug abuse displayed through various media, and there are still many other social phenomena that need serious handling. This happened because this country is in a character crisis. Education has an important role to solve this problem. The aim of this paper is to explore the implementation of an environment-based educational model in School of Alam Raya Muaro Jambi (SARAMUJA), which is believed as one of the contribution to overcome the character crisis. This research used a qualitative explanative approach. The data collection techniques used was observation and in-depth interviews. Furthermore, the data analysis technique used was qualitative descriptive technique. The research concludes that SARAMUJA is an environment-based informal education model that focuses on building students' character. In the design, SARAMUJA made everyone as a teacher, and the universe as a school. Honesty, tolerance, creative, independent, caring for the environment, social care, and other characters are instilled using a very interesting method. By utilizing the environment, students are faced on and involved in various social realities, so that it will facilitate the process of character building within them.
Economic factors are often being the reason for lack of education in community, including for people in Jambi city. The low economy status influences their awareness on education, such as less children go to school, lack of environmental awareness and drug trafficking. The establishment of Sekolah Dayung Jambi, alternative of an outdoor school, is expected to reduce school failure. Here, this research aims at describing the Sekolah Dayung Jambi and the impact its establishment for their community. The data for this qualitative study was collected through interview and observations. The results showed that the establishment of Sekolah Dayung Jambi is triggered by the willingness to provide alternative school for improving the society's awareness on education and their environment. This mission is reached by conducting the early childhood program, reading communities, waste management training, and training on processing lake resources. The presence of Sekolah Dayung Jambi has provided many benefits for the community, such as increasing the number of children who go to school, increasing public awareness of environment, and reducing drug trafficking. All in all, Sekolah Dayung Jambi provides an alternative school for reducing the educational gap cause by low-income status in Jambi communities.
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