The purpose of this study was to know about: (1) implementation of character
education on student of Skills Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2
Surakarta; (2) the results of implementation of character education on student of Skills
Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta.
This research used descriptive qualitative method and the design used single case
study at SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta. Research subjects were students of Skills Competency Light
Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta, as many as 316 students. The research sample
as many as 11 students for interview and 87 for questionnaire. Sampling technique was
purposive sampling. Data collection techniques used were questionnaire, interview,
observation, and documentary method. Testing of the validity instrument was conducted
based on the Pearson's Product Moment Correlation. Reliability test instrument used
Cronbach's Alpha.
The result of this research were: (1) Principal, Vice Principal of Academy Field, Vice
Principal of Studentships Field, Vice Principal of Human Resource Development, Vice
Principal of School Public Relations Field, Guidance Counselor Teachers and Productive
Teachers of Skill Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta has
implemented a character education systematically to students, especially students of Skill
Competency Light Vehicle Engineering, which is a lesson plans and syllabus; (2)
implementation of character education is also conducted continuously by the teacher SMK
Negeri 2 Surakarta in the form of 3S Program, the training and education of VEDC Malang,
P3G Bandung, P4TK Bandung and from the Provincial of Central Java; (3) implementation
of character education through co-curricular activities and extracurricular; (4) results
showed that students' character of Skill Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2
Surakarta average is 77.46%. Students of Skill Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK
Negeri 2 Surakarta has good character. In addition, there are students who have not been
well characterized because it is not strong in having some of the main characters, such as
Responsibility and Self-Discipline characters; (5) condition students of Skill Competency
Light Vehicle Engineering SMK Negeri 2 Surakarta who do not already have eight main
characters have a low level of discipline, lack of initiative, lack of responsibility, and lack of
respect for others; (6) condition students of Skill Competency Light Vehicle Engineering SMK
Negeri 2 Surakarta which has eight main characters are more disciplined, have initiative,
responsible, helpful and growing affection, respect for others and good at gratitude.
Keywords: character education, curriculum, syllabus, co-curricular, extracurricula
