Urgensi Tuntutan Profesionalisme dan Harapan Menjadi Guru Berkarakter (Studi Kasus: Sekolah Dasar dan Sekolah Menengah Pertama di Kabupaten Batubara)

摘要

: The purpose of this research is to describe the improvement of teachers\u27 professionalism, students\u27 quality and teachers\u27 characters. The research population was primary school teachers in North Sumatra in Batubara Regency who were recruited through purposive sampling. Data were collected through test, interview, FGD and documentation study. The research results show that the value of UKG at elementary and secondary schools in 2013 in Batubara Regency, is very low, and some schools even have the competence value as much as 1.0. The average of primary school teachers\u27 competence is only 39.61, below the national and provincial average. While the SMP UKG value is 46.86 which is still below the national average. It shows that some teachers in Batubara are still less professional and thus need to further develop themselves to be qualified teachers.