The Regular School Strategies in the Implementation of Inclusive Education for Strengthening the Character of Tolerance

The implementation of inclusive education in regular schools has not fully implemented the system stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia Number 70 of 2009 concerning inclusive education for disabled and gifted students, which special so that the character of tolerance needs to be strengthened in regular school. The research method employed was descriptive with a qualitative approach—the three sources in this study. Data collection techniques were observation and interviews. The data analysis used were data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. This paper discussed the strategy of regular schools in implementing inclusive education to strengthen students' tolerance. The results of this study were that the strategies applied were 1) internalizing the value of tolerance in the learning process, 2) providing a role model from a teacher, and 3) the family that monitored the process of strengthening tolerance character.