Eka Putra, Yuserizal Bustami

This research was aimed to find out and analyze how the implementation of traditional recitation activities as a resource of Character Education for the Siulak Mukai Community. Character education are coming from family and the surrounding environment is the main foundation for influencing human character. This traditional recitation activity is a program of the Siulak Mukai homegrown people.

Teacher certification is one way to ensure that teachers have the knowledge, skills, and professional competencies necessary to provide quality teaching and achieve optimal learning outcomes. This study aims to describe the performance of certified and non-certified teachers and to compare the performance of teachers in both groups. The study used a survey design. Over a period of two months, 115 teachers from two schools in Sungai Penuh City, Jambi Province, participated in the survey. The data analysis techniques used were descriptive and Mann Whitney U Test.