JAKARTA - Minister of Elementary and Secondary Education (Mendikdasmen) Abdul Mu'ti said that some of the hundreds of junior high school students who could not read in Buleleng Regency, Bali Province were children with disabilities.
"Some of the children do experience dyslexia, as well as children with special needs, and children from families who do not get attention properly. Some are also due to low learning motivation," said Minister of Education and Culture Mu'ti as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, April 22.
His party has communicated with the Buleleng Regency Education Office regarding the findings.
Mu'ti also conveyed that the relevant education office has helped to serve students who have limited conditions and abilities so that her party hopes that there will be an increase in literacy and numeracy capabilities in the future.
Earlier on Thursday (3/4), the Buleleng Education Council, Bali Province said hundreds of students at Junior High School (SMP) in the area could not read due to various factors.
"The number varies in each school from only a few students to dozens of students. The schools are spread across almost all junior high schools in nine existing sub-districts," said Chairman of the Buleleng Education Council I Made Sedana.
He said the data collected by the Education Council together with the local Education, Youth and Sports Office (Disdikpora) showed that nearly 400 children were still having more problems in reading and spelling fields, and many of them could not even read at all.
According to him, the data comes from information provided by the principal to the Buleleng Disdikpora. The data can even increase because the data that comes in is only for schools under the service, not data from madrasas.
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