Abstrack:
The phenomenon of children in conflict with the law has always been a hot topic in society and headline news in a variety of media. The society believes that children in conflict with the law deserve to be placed in prison as punishment for the crime that has been committed. As a city that appointed is a pilot project of the proper city for children, Surakarta considered able to solve the various problems and seeking protection for a child. The aim of this research is to find out form of education that can be accepted by children in conflict with the law and the role of stakeholders (the city government and civil society) to meet the needs of formal education for children in conflict with the law. This research is using circumstantial analysis case study approach with the kind of research under descriptive qualitative. Technique of taking samples is by purposive sampling and snowball sampling. Data collection techniques used is in-depth interviews, observation and study of documentation. The validity test of the data used, triangulation of data and methods. Analysis techniques using interactive data analysis model Miles & Huberman consisting of four stages is collecting data, reduction of data, interpretation of data, and draw conclusions. The results showed that for children in conflict with the law, formal education received still limited to the national examination and non formal education in the form of spiritual education. The fulfillment of the need for the right of formal education to children in conflict with the law in Surakarta as the proper city for children more done by NGO networking through PT PAS. The role of stakeholders in the handling of children in the conflict with the law in the proper city for children make final award of the dominant criminal prison which led to abandonment of children’s rights, particularly in the field of formal education.