INTEGRATING THE VOTER EDUCATION TO SCHOOL SUBJECTS IN FORMAL EDUCATION

Abstract

This article studies about the integration of the voter education to the subjects in Senior High School. This research is important because the number of young voters in Indonesia, Philippine, and Thailand is increasing. Research shows that the young voters‘ political attitude towards the election tends to be skeptical, apriori, and apathetic. One of the contributing factors is the voter education implemented by the general election commission and political parties only focusing on the electoral techniques instead of the substantive electoral section. Therefore, integrating the voter education to the existing relevant subject without adding new subject is needed as it can develop the awareness and participation of the voters to use their suffrage. The research method used is a document study using content analysis towards the 2013 curriculum on social sciences for the Senior High School. Data verification is carried out through Focus Group Discussion (FGD). The results of this research are (1) The analysis of competency-based learning that the voter education cannot be integrated to all social sciences subjects in senior high school; (2) The voter education can only be integrated and implemented on Sociology.