Local Wisdom: The Values System of Minangkabau Ethnic Customs as a Fundamental Basic of Educational Character in Indonesia

The function of National Education system has to build and develop the human character and personality in civilization of Indonesian based on the potentiality of the nature of Indonesian people. Indonesian people must behave in the good personality as a nation among the people in the world. Each citizen of The Republic of Indonesia must behave in a good personality: they have must be religious, deligent, clever, discipline, brave, have a point of view, broad minded, discipline, can develop mind set, good attitude, have adversity, pleasant, human dignity, appreciate, honestly, human dignity and other virtues. One of the aspects influence of shaping human character is the values system of our community. In west Sumatera (Ethnic of Minangkabau} has specially values which is different of other community dealing with shapping character or personalty. Education system must be responsibility to educate people in shaping a good character as a fundamental of educational system. In this occasion I would like to discussion in dealing with the basic aspect of implementing of educational character in our system must be based on the value system of the community or society