Effect of coral reef conservation education on students’ social sensitivity (A co-curricular learning experimental study at SMKN 61 Jakarta Pulo Tidung Besar Regency, Kepulauan Seribu)

The use of the coral reef as a source of community livelihood on Tidung Besar Island has negative impacts on the coral reef itself. Students of SMKN 61 Jakarta are a small part of the Tidung Besar community that is involved in coral reef conservation efforts on Tidung Besar Island. Efforts to build social sensitivity can be conducted at schools through co-curricular education activities. Co-curricular activites are activities to add to, supplement or replace intra-curricular learning, which is according to the curriculum. This learning is in line with informal education, which has functions as a complement, supplement and substitute. This is in accordance with the Indonesian national education system, nonformal education and family education. Students are required to have social sensitivity to the environment so they will have a sense to maintain and improve coral reef sustainability. Conservation education, which is a nature conservation strategy, is essential for inclusion in school learning. The purpos...