ILLITERACY

By : Abdul Rohman El-Hafid

Illiteracy is one of the biggest problems in Indonesia. There are many people who cannot read and write. This problem is caused by the system of education. Indonesia had 14 systems in Education, and always exchanged every 4 years. Department of education is still concerned on about the system, but it was not able to solve illiteracy problem. In addition, also includes the citizenry awareness to study. They don`t know about the benefits and functions of education. They have fun what they do. Because they don’t know what must they do. The Government doesn`t look at this problem. This case is not only in one area, but in some areas in Indonesia. I think also this problem is caused by economy level of Indonesian. There are so many people who can`t study at school, because their parents are not able to pay cost for study at school. And we should take responsibility with this problem.

Furthermore, illiteracy is a global issue in the world, because this problem can influence many aspects of life. Above all in the developing business sector, we cannot develop our business without skills and education. We need more people who can grow our business and give feedback to Government as income.

By looking at this problem, we must try to solve this problem by any way that can help to solve it. We have to offer the best way and the best choice as human being who respects about illiteracy problem. We should address this problem immediately.

There are many solutions which we can offer to solve this problem. Firstly, we have to know about the program of department of education for illiteracy. After knowing this question, we will discuss and share about illiteracy to list the solutions and to plan whatever we need to solve this problem. Secondly, we will offer some programs as the best choices as citizens who care about this problem. I think we can open registration to everybody who wants to help this problem by teaching in area where illiterate people live. And we can give them facilities to help their teaching. And the last one is supporting to government to increase quality of education system and open free-school. Actually, free-school has been opened in Jakarta, but not all areas in Indonesia. We might find no illiteracy next time.

In conclusion, illiteracy is global issue in the world, so not only in Indonesia or another country that have this problem, but countries that good in education can help them to solve illiteracy problem. We need education, and education needs us.