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Jakarta (VOI News) - The Indonesian National Library supports the policy of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to improve the literacy rate of the Indonesian people in a bid to establish oustanding human resources. It was remarked by Head of the Indonesian National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando when opening the National Coordinating Meeting on Library 2020 in Jakarta on Tuesday (Feb 25).

"The Indonesian National Library has taken into account the policy of President Joko Widodo in advancing the quality of Indonesian human resources by improving the literacy rate of the Indonesian People which is currently still below all countries in Asia. Literacy is also concerned with how a country implements its policy, explores and exploits its natural resources in a bid to enhance the prosperity of its society, said Syarif Bando.

Furthermore, Syarif Bando called on the Indonesian society not to think about the low literacy rate opinion imposed by the international community because in fact Indonesia still encounters problem in providing appropriate facilities for reading. Therefore, he called on Indonesian people to support the government's effort by cooperating in developing reading access in all regions across Indonesia. The National Coordinating Meeting was officially inaugurated by Indonesian Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian and it is held from February 25-27, 2020// (VOI/NK/R/AL/AHM)