BACKGROUND

Indonesia is an archipelagic country that has many provinces. One of them is Bengkulu Province which is located on the island of Sumatra. Bengkulu Province was formed in 1968 with the capital city of Bengkulu. Bengkulu Province has 9 districts and 1 city, including Bengkulu City, Central Bengkulu Regency, South Bengkulu Regency, North Bengkulu Regency, Kaur Regency, Kepahiang Regency, Lebong Regency, Rejang Lebong Regency.

The city of Bengkulu is a student city where there is a lot of education in the city of Bengkulu from kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school/vocational school levels as well as tertiary institutions. One of the educational institutions in the city of Bengkulu is SD Negeri 69 Bengkulu City.

In 1984, SDN 69 Kota Bengkulu was established. Before the establishment of SDN 69, Bengkulu City, it was divided into 2 schools, namely SDN 69, Bengkulu City and SDN 70, Bengkulu City. Because the two schools were close, the Bengkulu City government emphasized that this school should be under one roof, and finally it was agreed by the Bengkulu government that the two schools should be united. and is called SDN 69 Kota Bengkulu. The following is the profile of SDN 69 Bengkulu City

Name                 : SDN 69 Bengkulu City

NPSN                : 10702628

Address             : Jl. WR Supratman, Kandang Limun Village, Muara Bangkahulu District, Bengkulu City, Bengkulu Province

Postal Code       : 38125

Graphic Position : -3.7473 Latitude 102.2856 Longitude

Ownership Status  : Regional Government

Email                 : sdn69_kotabengkulu@gmail.com

The real strength conditions of SD 69 Bengkulu City are as follows:

a.   The school is located on the outskirts of Bengkulu City and on the edge of the main road which crosses the Bengkulu City road towards Central Bengkulu.

b.  The number of class teachers is 24 people consisting of civil servant teachers: First aid teachers to guide 24 class groups. Potential number of students: 670 people.

c.   Teachers in the field of Islamic Religion: 3 people, Physical Education/sports: 3 people and English teachers: 2 people, Local Content Teachers (Bengkulu Regional Arts): 2 people

d.  99% of teacher qualifications are bachelor's degree graduates, the principal has a bachelor's degree, administrative staff: 1 person School operator 1 person

e.   Library staff 1 person

f.    School guard 1 person

g.  Cleaning service 1 person

h.  Security guard 1 person

i.    Adequate canteen space

j.    Student input is relatively good (670 students)

Vision of SD Negeri 69 Bengkulu City

Forming the nation's children who are characterized, intelligent, careful, religious, innovative, creative, superior in mastery of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), competitive based on faith and piety and environmentally conscious and produce collaboration programs with various educational institutions and partner institutions both at the regional level , national and international

Mission of SD Negeri 69 Bengkulu City

1.  Instill good character and exemplary behavior in students both in the school environment and in the community

2.  Develop a cooperative, disciplined, orderly and skilled attitude in expressing science and art

3.  Realizing quality, efficient, relevant and effective education

4.  Building creative and competitive intellectual value excellence both locally and globally

5.  Build students' creativity in expressing their abilities

6.  Develop a healthy competitive attitude

7.  Increase faith and devotion through religious activities at school

8.  Build a sense of love for the environment

9.  Realizing mastery of knowledge based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

ACADEMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

The supporting facilities for studying at SDN 69 Bengkulu City are

1. 21 classrooms

2. Library

3. Laboratory

4. Library

5. Mosque

6. Scout Secretariat

EDUCATION SYSTEM

In general, there are 3 levels of the national education system or can be said to be 9 years of compulsory education starting from Basic Education (SD), Secondary Education (SMP), and Higher Education (SMA/College). a separate national education system that implements 12 years of compulsory education. That is six years in elementary school and three years each in middle school and high school.

ACADEMIC

Academic aspects at SDN 69 Bengkulu City include the national curriculum, namely K-13, which refers to educational standards prepared by the National Education Standards Agency (BSNP). In the 2022/2023 school year, the K-13 curriculum will be revised again to become an independent curriculum with each school given the opportunity to choose this independent curriculum. This independent curriculum cannot be implemented quickly, therefore all elementary schools chose grades 1 and 4 for the first stage of implementing the independent curriculum. And in the 2023/2024 school year, class 2 and class 5 will follow the Independent Curriculum. For grades 3 and 6, it still refers to the K-13 curriculum, which in the next school year will change to the independent curriculum because the implementation of the independent curriculum must be tiered each year in accordance with government regulations. The difference between their curriculum and K-13 is that the Merdeka Curriculum focuses on developing students' character and morals, while K13 focuses on abilities. To carry out the teaching and learning process in class, SD N 69 Bengkulu City uses a modular system model where subjects are delivered based on modules. This is intended so that students can better understand each lesson taught.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOR

The school implements a positive culture such as 5S (smile, greet, salute, be polite, courteous). Habituation activities are a school culture that is carried out every day as an educational effort to shape the character of students as an implementation of the Pancasila Student Profile. Habituation activities are carried out routinely, whether daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, and the implementation techniques are structured and spontaneous or in the form of direct and indirect learning, which aims to train and guide students to act and behave by instilling good character values ​​so that they become habituated. which is internalized in the hearts and souls of students.

CHARACTER

are at various economic levels from lower to upper middle class with adequate infrastructure to support the learning process, both intracurricular and extracurricular. Diverse religious backgrounds do not just focus on one religion. Socioculturally, students have parents who have different cultural backgrounds because some of their parents are employees who are assigned to work and come from outside the area. Apart from that, students' talents and interests are also very diverse.

CURRICULUM

Curriculum 2013 (K13) - This is the new curriculum in Indonesia. As the name suggests, this curriculum has been used in stages since 2013. And the government always tries to improve it, every year there are revisions as proof. In the 2022/2023 academic year this curriculum changes again to an independent curriculum where this curriculum changes gradually in accordance with Law Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System, Government Regulation Number 19 of 2005 as amended by Government Regulation Number 32 of 2013 and finally Government Regulation Number 13 of 2015 concerning Second Amendment to Government Regulation Number 19 of 2005 concerning National Education Standards, Presidential Regulation Number 87 of 2017 concerning Strengthening Character Education. At SDN 69 Bengkulu City, the new independent curriculum is used for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4. Next year all classes will use the independent curriculum. Meanwhile, grades 3 and 6 still use the K-13 Curriculum.