Revitalizing Local Language Curriculum and Its Implementation

Abstract

The revitalization of the local language curriculum needs to be carried out as a form of adaptation to the times. The increasingly strong educational challenges require strategies to overcome them, especially the local language curriculum that is relevant to national and regional education goals in order to preserve the values of local wisdom as a reinforcement of national identity and identity. In line with this, with the declaration of the Merdeka Belajar curriculum program, education units need to adapt, carry out strategies in maintaining and preserving regional languages effectively and efficiently through learning. This study aims to describe the importance of revitalizing regional languages and their implementation in the Merdeka Belajar program. The method used is descriptive qualitative with literature study method. The results obtained are in the form of the essence of revitalizing the local language curriculum by considering needs analysis, situation analysis, learning design and objectives, and material design relevant to the objectives of the Merdeka Learning program.