Pembentukan Karakter Peserta Didik Melalui Pendidikan Berbasis Al-quran

: the shaping of balanced, healthy and strong human character (character building) is highly influenced by religious education and the internalization of the religious values within the learners. The laying down of the religious education foundations is the obligation of the parents as well as the task of the teachers, the community, and the government through various educational institutions. This paper discusses the importance of the Al-Quran education, Al-Quran-based education, and the learners' character building through education. Education is an endless process which determines the nation's character today and in the future. Whether a nation will emerge as a nation of good or bad character highly depends on the quality of education that shapes the character of the children of the nation. Building the noble character through the Al-Quran education approach, other than being part of the process of building the noble character, is expected to become the cornerstone in improving the learners' status and prestigeas children of the nation