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Indonesia literacy outreach and library rollout

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In late June 2026 Indonesia’s the government rolled out launched a mobile‑library programme for disadvantaged youth, pairing books with storytelling, health checks and nutrition education. The initiative, backed by Golkar leader Imam Wihdan Zarkasyi and highlighted by President Prabowo Subianto as part of promoted it under the Sekolah Rakyat plan, was linked linking it to data‑driven actions for almost nearly four million out‑of‑school children and the digital Indonesian Book Information System (SIBI). On 15 July the National Library released the Index of Literacy Development (IPLM), rating public libraries highly (85/100) but school libraries poorly (23/100) and urging tighter coordination across government levels. A week later, on 24 July, new measurement method presented in Banjarmasin later in July allowed library‑level scoring and highlighted the need for education‑sector budget support. The programme was expanded nationwide on 24 July as Mobil Pintar (MoPi), travelling from Sabang to Merauke on National Children’s Day. Officials cited research—including Day, with officials citing a 2016 Yale study showing daily readers lived on average 23 months longer—to stress the brain‑health, stress‑reduction and longevity benefits reading’s health benefits. Deputy Speaker Lestari Moerdijat in early July warned that almost 4 million children are out of regular reading. On 31 July, the rollout reached the provincial level. The Central Java Provincial Archive school and Library Agency, led by Rahmah Nur Hayati, announced a push for every school, village promoted data‑driven interventions, scholarships and local‑government unit to establish a library, showcased at the Festival Literasi 2026 in Pemalang (29 July‑4 August) with a “Digital Literacy massive rollout of SIBI, which has logged 8.8 million users and 13.7 million digital books. Provincial pushes followed, notably Central Java’s call for a Bright Pemalang” theme, AI‑focused talks, contests libraries in every school and a digital‑transaction workshop with Bank Indonesia. In Batam, the Library village, and Archives Department hosted a social‑inclusion training for public‑library managers, presenting the Batam’s Transformasi Perpustakaan Berbasis Inklusi Sosial (TPBIS) programme programme. In August the Ministry of Education announced distribution of 5.5 million quality books to elementary and urging libraries middle schools and scaling of the Sekolah Rakyat data‑driven poverty‑alleviation scheme to become inclusive hubs for literacy, skills 166 sites serving 15 000 students. Municipal libraries in Jakarta began free Braille training, economic empowerment and cultural development. while Padang Panjang launched its own mobile‑library visits to elementary schools.

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