MAKNA PENDIDIKAN NON FORMAL BAGI KALANGAN PEKERJA PARIWISATA (Studi Pada Peserta Program Kejar Paket C di PKBM Taman Krida Dewasa di Dusun Junggo, Desa Tulungrejo, Kecamatan Bumiaji, Kota Batu)

This research is entitled The Meaning of Non-Formal Education for Tourism Workers (Study on Participants of the Package C Pursuit Program at PKBM Taman Krida Adults in Junggo Hamlet, Tulungrejo Village, Bumiaji District, Batu City). PKBM is an out-of-school educational vehicle established and managed by the local community that specifically concentrates on various learning efforts and community empowerment in accordance with the dynamics of community needs. The existence of village community education services can facilitate the implementation of control over planned and programmed community learning outcomes so that the community can grow and develop and can increase the knowledge, skills and mental attitudes needed in accordance with the needs of the community. The purpose of this study is to find out the meaning of non-formal education for tourism workers at PKBM Taman Krida Adults and also to analyze which sociologically and generate new knowledge. Then this research method uses a qualitative approach with the type of case study research. Data collection techniques were carried out in 3 ways, namely interviews, documentation, and observation. Then the data analysis technique used in this research is using interactive data analysis techniques by Miles, Huberman, and Saldana which is carried out through several stages, namely: (1) Data collection, (2) Data reduction, (3) Data presentation. Then from the results of this study, based on what researchers have done, it shows that the meaning of non-formal education for tourism workers is only a formality because of job demands that cause tourism workers to choose to take part in non-formal education at PKBM Taman Krida Adults. Working in selecta tourism, you must at least have a high school diploma, with the new policy, inevitably, selecta tourism workers who do not have a high school diploma are required to attend non-formal education at PKBM Taman Krida Adults to get a high school diploma so that they can continue to work and continue to live to support the family economy. The contribution of sociological research is to find out the meaning of non-formal education for tourism worker