The Efforts of Batak Toba's mother in Educating Children

摘要

The majority of Indonesian people living with patrilineal kinship system. But in fact, the mother Batak Toba take the most important role in the family to meet the school fees of their children. This study aims to explore how their efforts to educate their children. This study uses the Indigenous Psychology, and be done with quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results showed that they attempt to do any work that can increase family revenue or income, put their children in a good formal or informal educational institutions, and at every opportunity trying to instill the importance of education as a way to achieve success in life. Often they have to borrow money for education expenses of their children, especially from their brother and friends. The implications of this study are as feedback to researchers, and policy makers in schools, community organizations, or government to consider local wisdom in making decisions.