The Role of the “Front Mahasiswa Nasional” Through the People Serve Program in Providing Alternative Education to the Community of Medan City

Sholihin Anwar Muda Ritonga (Regional and Rural Planning Study Program, Postgraduate School, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20155, Indonesia)
Sirojuzilam (Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20155, Indonesia)
Badaruddin (Department of Sosiology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20155, Indonesia)

Journal of Environmental and Development Studies
Vol. 1 No. 01 (2020): Journal of Environmental and Development Studies

This study aims toanalyze the role of the "Front Mahasiswa Nasional" branch of Medan in providing alternative education through the Serve of the People program and to analyze the obstacles faced by the FMN in providing alternative education through the Serve the People program. data analyzed uses theories and concepts related to the data collected including the conception of education and the concept of youth. The data presented in this study are the results of various databases that are primary and secondary. The data is obtained through direct interviews, to literature studies conducted on books, journals, newspapers, internet sites, organizational documents and various other related literature. Front Mahasiswa Nasional Branch of Medan plays a role as social control by raising awareness of their responsibilities, rights and obligations as citizens. However, conflicts that occur at the leadership level also become one of the major obstacles that affect the decline in the work of the organization.