Inaugurating 'Mother Of Literacy' In Palangka Raya, National Library Continues To Encourage Local Government To Increase Literacy To Millennials

Illustration of visitors to a bookstore reading and choosing books for sale at Taman Sriwedari Solo. (Inter-Maulana)

JAKARTA - The National Library (Perpusnas) continues to encourage local governments to increase literacy, especially for the millennial generation, which is the nation's future asset.

"The millennial generation will determine the direction of the nation's development in the future. For that, we must continue to improve the quality of the human resources of the younger generation through a culture of literacy," said Main Secretary of the Indonesian National Library Ofy Sofiana in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Tuesday, July 26.

He said that one of the main tasks of the government, including at the regional level, is to create a young generation of quality, character, excellence, independence and competitiveness.

Efforts to form quality human resources have also become one of the seven national agendas, so that literacy improvement programs for the central and local governments must also be integrated and go hand in hand.

"For this reason, the regional government together with various related parties must continue to innovate and be creative in intensifying a literacy culture which ends in improving the quality of human resources for the younger generation.

This statement was made by Ofy during a talk show to increase the community's potential index for welfare, which was followed by the inauguration of the literacy mother of Palangka Raya.

The Mayor of Palangka Raya, Fairid Naparin said the event themed "Library transformation to create a national digital ecosystem" was one of the local government's efforts to improve literacy culture in the region.

He said the inauguration of the literacy mother would be able to increase cooperation in encouraging the improvement of literacy culture in Palangka Raya City. In addition, it will also help develop and cultivate reading at the level of children and the younger generation.

"With the presence of the literacy mother, more people will want to read, either reading books in the library or through a digital application system launched by the Palangka Raya City Library Service," he said, according to Antara.

Among the strengthening of library management in "City of Beauty" is by digitizing collections of books, launching the E-Pusda application and launching the " Titikbaca" program to make it easier for the public to access digital books through "scan barcodes".

"Improving literacy culture will give birth to the ability to read, write, document and also count to increase personal skills to solve problems in everyday life," he concluded.