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Abstract. With regard to the right to an education for each citizen as regulated in the article 31 section (1) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, it is the state responsibility to provide educational access for the citizen. Education is the accurate facility for improving the quality of human resources and promoting appropriate and critical mindset in addressing the issues within the local, national and transnational life. 20% of National Budgetary Plan is allocated to educational sector. However, this effort is still unable to solve the Indonesian educational issues. This study employed a qualitative method. The data were collected through in-depth structured interview, legal education program and documentation. The collected data were analyzed with descriptive qualitative analysis. The results showed that there were several influencing factors promoting the large number of out-of-school children in Kampung Paropo, Makassar including low financial capacity and lack of parental care which consequently, contributed to the increasing criminality such as violent robbery, thievery, and drug abuse among the out-of-school children. Therefore, it is necessary to provide accurate effort in anticipating the increasing criminality among the out-of-school children and in encouraging their legal awareness. Non-formal legal education was to be an accurate strategy in raising legal awareness and in instilling moral values among the out-of-school children in Kampung Paropo, Makassar.