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Jakarta (VOI News) - Head of Indonesia's National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando said various indicators of the reading habits of Indonesian people stated that Indonesian people were increasingly fond of reading. The attention of the community and local government is increasingly seen from the rise of literacy activities in all regions in Indonesia. In the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Indonesian Reading Ambassador Najwa Shihab, Thursday (01/23) in Jakarta, Muhammad Syarif Bando said that the National Library will educate villagers about digital literacy through training and provision of facilities and infrastructure.

“The first is how to formulate the main policy to outline the president's vision of how to build superior people towards advanced Indonesia which then the keyword is to improve the quality of human resources. This increase must be ensured in the person's ability to stand on his feet with all the knowledge of the skills they have to take a role in development in order to be able to manage abundant natural resources so as to create jobs. Therefore this year one of the national priorities for library-based inclusion services is to be able to reach marginalized communities. We will conduct training in thousands of villages. We will also provide applied books and also computers and training so that they can open a business,” said Muhammad Syarif Bando.

On the occasion, as an Indonesian reading ambassador, Najwa Shihab said she was happy with the continued cooperation with the National Library and would continue to encourage a massive reading fondness throughout the archipelago through various social media activities and channels (VOI/NUKE)