Analysis of Children's Educational Aspirations in Dayak Ngaju Families; Islam, Christian and Kaharingan in Central Kalimantan

Initially all the inhabitants of Tangkahen village in Central Borneo were Dayak Ngaju tribe with the religion of Kaharingan. Today, 58.9% are Christians, 27.3% are Muslim and only 12.9% are still Kaharingan. The education level of Christian heads of families and housewives are higher than those of Muslim heads of families and housewives and kaharingan. The research problem, how is the portrait of children's educational aspirations regarding the vision, mission, types and level and opportunity of children to get education in Dayak Ngaju ethnic families of Islam, Christian and Kaharingan tribal families in Tangkahen village, Central Kalimantan?. This type of qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The samples were determined using purposive sampling technique by applying the snowball sampling technique in determining the number of subjects. Research subjects will be added as long as the saturated data has not been found. Data were collected by interview, observation and documentation, which were analyzed through data reduction, data presentation and conclusion / verification. The results of the study show a portrait of the aspirations of children's education in the Islamic, Christian and Kaharingan Dayak Ngaju tribal families contained in their respective visions and missions which are very varied, even though they are not written and without time limits. Their aspirations regarding the type of education also vary widely, even though all of them only reach the strata 1 level by providing equal and fair opportunities to all their children regardless of gender and sibling status in birth order