Student Empowerment in the Literacy Movement to Increase Interest in Reading School-Age Children [Pemberdayaan Mahasiswa Dalam Gerakan Literasi Untuk Meningkatkan Minat Baca Anak Usia Sekolah]

Abstract

Education is an attempt to shape the quality of a nation. One important thing that supports the progress of the quality of education is how much interest in reading. Efforts to increase reading interest were carried out by the government assisted with the community, one of which was the literacy movement This service activity aims to empower mathematics education students at Serang Raya (Unsera) in the literacy movement to increase reading interest in school-age children. The implementation method is in the form of training, mentoring and discussion. The literacy movement activities in the form of collecting reading books will then make the reading garden in public places every Sunday in the cities of Serang, Cilegon, Pandeglang, and Rangkasbitung. The next activity is the literacy movement in several schools in the city of Serang. The results of the activity were good enthusiasm from the community towards the literacy movement with indicators of a large number of visitors to the reading park and the enthusiastic attitude of students in participating in literacy activities in partner schools.