US consul for Sumatra, Juha P.Salin, said the school literacy movement was very helpful for students to increase both their reading skills and interests. With better reading skills, students could better grasp learning materials, he went on.  “This literacy program should have been implemented at schools. I hope other schools and education institutions also could launch such a literacy program,” said Salin during a recent declaration event at the Parulian Education Foundation office in Medan.  

Several House of Representatives lawmakers, North Sumatra Legislative Council members and the province’s education agency officials attended the event.

Parulian Education Foundation head Sopar Siburian said it was the first time a private education institution in North Sumatra had declared a school literacy movement.

The declaration could be realized thanks to the foundation’s partnership with USAID’s Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teacher, Administrators and Student (Prioritas) program, he went on.

“Through this movement, we want to inspire other schools in North Sumatra to build a literacy culture in this province. We are optimistic we can carry out this responsibility with supports from USAID Prioritas,” said Sopar, who is also a North Sumatra Legislative Council member.

North Sumatra Education Agency head Aspan Sofian said the school literacy movement had been programmed in 15 regencies and municipalities across the province. “We are planning to declare the school literacy movement at the provincial level in December,” he said. (ebf)

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