Philosophy of Education in Culture “Saycico” in West Halmahera Regency

This study aims to reveal the development of education based on local wisdom in the "Saycico" culture in West Halmahera district, North Maluku province. Research This is a qualitative study using the intended descriptive approach to explore and clarify the “Saycico” culture in the district community West Halmahera, by describing a number of variables with respect to this problem. The phenomenon of this research is building wisdom-based education local "Saycico". This phenomenon is then implemented in life society so that it is always sustainable and continues to be carried out by every generation at the time to come. This study is not intended to test a specific hypothesis, but only describe the symptoms as mentioned above, namely a qualitative approach where researchers are not limited by certain measuring instruments. Research data were collected through observation techniques, in-depth interviews, and documentation techniques. This research data analyzed using continuous interactive qualitative analysis techniques. This research produce findings that, education and culture are related, namely with education can shape human beings who are cultured, and with culture, can guide humans to live according to the rules or norms that are used as guidelines in live life by exploring and applying a number of local wisdom thriving in communities including "Saycico".