A Model of Women Literacy Preservation through Koran Ibu Program

Abstract

The effect of literacy education is often disappointing, because many participants do not practice their literacy so that it becomes dull. Government has done many efforts to preserve literariness; one of them is done through Koran Ibu (mother newspaper) program. This program is an effort to improve women literacy which is implemented at basic and advanced literacy education through the activity of journalism. The research focus is the improvement of literacy ability of women during the activity of Koran Ibu journalism. The research employs qualitative approach with case study method and interviews, observation, and documentation analysis as data collection procedure. The research's subjetcs are 20 housewives who have completed the basic and advanced literacy education program. The result of the research shows that participants significantly develops the literacy skills, it is indicated from that they are able to participate in Koran Ibu's rubrics with their literary works based on reportage and personal experience. The program is succesful due to the coordination among local participants (headman 'Lurah", head of sub-district "Camat", local to sub-district level of family welfare guidance (PKK) committee members), the cooperation with proper stakeholders (university and local tutor), the appropriate approach of adult learning that accommodate characteristics of the adults, the flexible yet planned implementation strategy, and the routine evaluation and assessment.