The Implementation of Character Education to Generation Z in Indonesia

Generation Z is gaining popularity as the name is used to refer to children who were born in the mid to late 1990s. It is the generation after the Millennials which have much publicity for their impact on society. Generation Z students that will be the main actors in nation-building are unique; therefore, the government must prepare to meet the demands of educating this new generation. The students of Generation Zs are different from the previous generations because they have different time challenging. Therefore, they need a particular system as their provision to face the globalization era. Character education is one of the strategic systems because it focuses on the characterbuilding of the students. It is useful for students to prepare the future because it does not only focuses on the students' intelligence but also to build students' integrity in the aspects of social, moral, and spiritual.