The “Suku Anak Dalam” tribe (abbreviated as SAD) as an isolated tribe in
Jambi, Indonesia, has become a topic of interest for several studies. The lack of in�depth study of education and leadership gives a negative perception of SAD. This
article aims to reveal the influence of the Tumenggung leadership and the educa�tional model in the context of SAD’s social life. The study used mixed methods. Data
were obtained through questionnaires, observations, interviews, and documenta�tion. Using stratified random sampling, the research samples of as many as 242
people were selected. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0 with regression
and flowchart analysis. The study partially proves that the variables presented are
significant, namely the leadership of Tumenggung (77.9%), the read-write-count
education model (56.5%), the political education model (72.2%), the environmental
education model (67.5%), and health education model (77%). Simultaneously, the
five variables also significantly influence the social life of SAD by 66.7%. It can be
concluded that Tumenggung’s leadership and educational model have a significant and positive impact on SAD’s social life, as shown by the rise of awareness of
reading, writing, and counting and political, environmental, and health-related
awareness.
Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci; Education - Social Sciences; Sociology & Social Policy
Keywords: Leadership; Suku Anak Dalam; educational model