Education is the key element of the human capital required for SMEs success. Many entrepreneurs in the six districts in South-Central Java have low level of formal education. It is argued that education and training provide the basis for intellectual development needed by entrepreneurs in business to be successful. In respect to that, they provide the entrepreneurs with confidence to deal with clients. (Storey, 1994). Most of the batik craftsmen only have finished their primary school (SD) and junior high school (SMP). A few of the craftsmen have finished their senior high school and higher education, and most of them are the successful prominent entrepreneurs among batik craftsmen. As seen in the study, the educated entrepreneurs showed more capable results in conditions of how their business is doing. Thus, it is always claimed that business ownership is not an intellectual activity rather entrepreneurship is an opportunity for the less academically successful to earn high incomes. Another limitation faced among craftmen is that they hardly have access to adequate training in batik technology and business management. Consequently, the supply of technical and managerial skills is lagging behind the requirement for developing a competitive batik SMEs. For example, one of the participants stated that batik craftsmen in Banyumas district with very low educational have difficulties in the dyeing process, they did not understand how to mix colors. In addition, with the low level of education, they do not have bargaining power when the skipper offering the debt bondage system. Hence, this leads the batik craftsmen received low revenue. Improper record keeping comes as a result fundamentally of inadequate education and training in business. The improper record keeping will cause an entrepreneur loses track of the cash flows and in turn leading to cost control and liquidity problems and continuous training offer a particular entrepreneur with the necessary skills and capabilities needed for successful entrepreneurship (Casson, 1982). As seen in the case of batik craftsmen in Purbalingga district, the batik craftsmen sometimes do not understand how to calculate production cost, thus they sometimes sell their batiks at the very low prices or even loss, and it is because of the inadequate education.