The Literacy Movement in Labuhanbatu Regency

Agus Marwan, R. Hamdani Harahap, Humaizi, Hendra Harahap

2022

Abstract

Labuhanbatu is one of the literacy regencies in Indonesia. Since 2015, the literacy movement has started and developed in Labuhanbatu. Discovering how the literacy movement and the orientation of its movement in Labuhanbatu regency become the formalization of the problem of this study. Thus, the objective of the study is to analyze the literacy movement and the literacy skill orientation in the Labuhanbatu regency. The study methodology is qualitative descriptive. Describing existing data and facts, then interpreted and analyzed. The data is obtained through a data collection technique, then interpreted according to the research objective formulated before. There are two types of literacy movements growing in the Labuhanbatu Regency. First, is the undertow or grassroots movement which is a movement initiated independently by societies in various models or types of organization and communities e.g., Taman Baca Masyarakat (TBM/community reading), writers’ communities, literature communities, Art and culture communities, and library communities. Second, is the upstream or elite movement which is initiated by the government by developing the school’s literacy movement and making literacy policies e.g., the bupati decree and district education decree. There are six literacy skills in the 21st-century of life skill, they are reading, numeracy (maths skill), scientific literacy, digital literacy, financial literacy, and cultural and civic literacy. From those six skills, the literacy movement that has developed in Labuhanbatu still focuses on reading skills and numeracy skills. The literacy movement in Labuhanbatu has not yet fully developed the 6 basic literacy skills of the 21st century.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Marwan A., Harahap R., Humaizi. and Harahap H. (2022). The Literacy Movement in Labuhanbatu Regency. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP, ISBN 978-989-758-618-7, SciTePress, pages 185-195. DOI: 10.5220/0011563800003460

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosop22,
author={Agus Marwan and R. Hamdani Harahap and Humaizi and Hendra Harahap},
title={The Literacy Movement in Labuhanbatu Regency},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,},
year={2022},
pages={185-195},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011563800003460},
isbn={978-989-758-618-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social and Political Development - Volume 1: ICOSOP,
TI - The Literacy Movement in Labuhanbatu Regency
SN - 978-989-758-618-7
AU - Marwan A.
AU - Harahap R.
AU - Humaizi.
AU - Harahap H.
PY - 2022
SP - 185
EP - 195
DO - 10.5220/0011563800003460
PB - SciTePress