MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION IN STRENGTHENING NATIONAL BEWARE OF RADICALISM THREATS IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Multicultural education is a series of strategies to strengthen national integration aimed at addressing possible threats to national security, which reflects the socio-political reality of Indonesia due to the diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds of the nation. Therefore, the government needs to breakthrough by implementing and strengthening its national awareness among Indonesian people through multicultural education. Because this diversity is an invaluable wealth and, at the same time, is a potential threat factor that could endanger Indonesia's national security. Efforts to expand and deepen people's understanding of diversity that exists in society and to uphold a sense of belonging and solidarity in every citizen. The implementation of multicultural education must be a joint effort between the government and civil society in the form of programs or guidelines as outlined in the formal, informal and non-formal education curriculum.