UPT Sanggar Kegiatan Belajar (SKB) Gresik as one of the Non-formal Education Institutions provides several Life Skill programs for its students. The Life Skill Program is basically an educational effort to improve the life skills of learning residents. The Life Skill Program is determined by UPT Sanggar Kegiatan Belajar (SKB) Gresik by adjusting the learning needs of students, one of which is the basic sewing Life Skill program. The urgency of this research is that UPT Sanggar Belajar (SKB) Gresik carries out the basic sewing Life Skill program as an effort to provide knowledge and skills to students to improve their quality of life by fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in students. This study aims to describe the management of the basic sewing life skill program in fostering an entrepreneurial spirit, and describe the supporting and inhibiting factors of the basic sewing life skill program.
This research method uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive method at UPT Sanggar Kegiatan Belajar (SKB) Gresik. Data collection techniques in this study used in-depth interview techniques, participatory observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques include data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion verification. The criteria for data validity include internal validity (Credibility), external validity (Transferability), and dependability (Vaiability), objectivity (Confirmability).
The result of this study is the management of basic sewing life skills programs based on planning, organizing, implementing, and supervising. However, there are several aspects that have not been implemented properly that affect the development of basic sewing life skills programs. Efforts to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in students can be seen through the learning process of the basic sewing Life Skill program which includes aspects of hard work, discipline, dare to take risks, and be creative and innovative.
Keywords: Management, Sewing Life Skills, Entrepreneurial Spirit