Strenghtening Students' Characters Education through Legal Awareness Policies Analysis

The objectives of the research are: (1) to map the condition of character education of junior high school students, (2) to know the effectiveness of character education policy implementation through legal awareness, and (3) to find the effectiveness model of strengthening character education based on legal awareness in SMP. Qualitative and quantitative research methodology, student population of SMP Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan is 700 students. Qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques. Result of research: The condition of character education mapping of students is moderate. For the implementation of the character education policy has not been effective and based on legal awareness, the causes among other things, the character education policy is too forced the program, less awakened from self-awareness of the students so that students in the program are less serious. The effectiveness model for strengthening character education based on legal awareness needs to be adjusted to the condition of the learning process of students at school and outside school. Supervision actions by local government and school need to involve parents, ninik mamak, religious figures, and intelligent outposts that exist in the school environment. From the aspects of: (1) the substance of the character education program, (2) the structure of the regulation made: the structure of character education policy that is made there between overlapping regulations.