Cultural Basis of Education

Culture can be formed, preserved, or developed for and through education. Both tangible cultural ideal, or behavior and technology can be realized through the education process. Kabudayaan, that does not go away should be passed on to the next generation. Inheritance of culture can be informal, non-formal and formal. Informal occurs in the family, in society, while informal formal through specialized agencies, such as education.

In the primitive society, transmission occurs in informal education and non-formal, whereas in developed societies, use of social institutions, particularly schools. Education in schools is not only used to transmit culture, but is also used to transform the culture to fit with the times. In other words, schools perform a dual function, namely the process of socialization and education as an agent of renewal.

National culture as the foundation of the National Education System (Education)
It has been explained above that the Indonesian society is pluralistic form a government's efforts in the field of education. One of the adjustments made to the school track educational background Sosbud diversity in Indonesia is the local charge in the implementation of the school curriculum. Even in recent years, the education should be pursued in order to foster student interest in the environment. With the local content into the curriculum in schools, is expected to not only make the students more interested in the culture, but can also upgrade local skills (carve, paint, etc.)