______________________________________________________________ DOI: https://doi.org/10.33258/birle.v4i1.1673 462 The Implementation of Inclusive Curriculum in Al Azhaar Islamic Elementary School and Noble National Academy Elementary School in Creating Children-Friendly School Nita Agustina Nurlaila Eka Erfiana 1 , Imam Fuadi 2 , Agus Zaenul Fitri 3 , Ngainun Naim 4 1,2,3,4 Islamic Basic Education Management, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Tulungagung, Indonesia nitaagustina37@yahoo.com, fuadi_imam@yahoo.com, guszain@yahoo.co.id , naimmas22@gmail.com I. Introduction The quality of education in Indonesia that is expected can be spread evenly for all generation, in reality, can only be obtained for some people. Campbell-Phillips (2020) states that education plays a critical role in our lives and it is a bit blurry when to imagine what type of society we would have without education. Not every child can get an access for education and children in remote areas are excluded from the applied education system. Heterogeneous society gives its own uniqueness in the curriculum development that is based on the students’ orientation. However, the curriculum in Indonesia keeps improving and strives for the involvement of students as the object of education in the learning materials and the education process at school. This definitely urges the independent curriculum development by school to adjust to students’ needs at school dominantly. Related to the national education system, Law No 20 in 2003 states the importance goal of national education. The goal of national education is to educate people, create civilized-nation character, develop human potential, and create human who has good moral, good characters and knowledge, human who uphold democracy, and human who is creative, healthy, independent and responsible. Those common goals need to be specified in Indonesia education system that has very high plurality. Besides the geographic condition that gives high heterogeneity, students’ diversity can also be a hint for the need of curriculum development that is relevant and flexible so it can reach all groups. This is Abstract The aim of this study is to explain the implementation of aspects in the inclusive education curriculum and character building that leads to the development of character values in primary education. Education is held as a part of fulfilling the rights of every child to develop their academic potential and non-academic potential. In order to reach the goal, every child has a right to get a good education, including children with special needed. This study is a descriptive qualitative study. The data was obtained from the learning description in the design development of inclusive curriculum and characters that are integrated in the curriculum. The techniques used to collect the data are literature review and interview with the teacher of schools that uses inclusive curriculum program in Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan (KTSP). The discussion is obtained from the study result of the character development implementation in the inclusive curriculum description at school, especially in Al Azhaar Islamic Elementary School and Noble National Academy Elementary School. Keywords curriculum; primary education; inclusive