Quality Education

Ensure that All Youth and a Substantial Proportion of Adults, Both Men and Women,

Achieve Literacy and Numeracy

MAULANA FADILLAH

110110170271 / Faculty of Law

Padjadjaran University

2017
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Table of Contents

Preface.............................................................................................................................................3

Abstract...........................................................................................................................................4

Introduction....................................................................................................................................5

1.1 Background.....................................................................................................................5

1.2 Topic Identification.........................................................................................................6

1.3 Topic Formulation..........................................................................................................6

1.4 Purpose of The Topic......................................................................................................6

Discussion.......................................................................................................................................7

2.1 Illiteracy and Innumerate Definitions............................................................................7

2.2 Literacy and Numeracy Rates in Indonesia and Globally............................................8

2.3 The Solutions for Illiteracy and Innumerate for Quality Education...........................9

2.4 Pancasila Point of View.................................................................................................11

2.5 Civic Education Point of View......................................................................................12

Result.............................................................................................................................................13

3.1 Conclusion......................................................................................................................13

3.2 Suggestion......................................................................................................................13

References.....................................................................................................................................14
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Preface

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is 17 goals that have been taught to author for the

past six months in Padjadjaran University. In terms to fulfill World Class University, the students

are being prepared to face the global and worldwide problems. Author choosing the goal fourth

because being concern in quality education with the sub-goals by 2030, ensure that all youth and

a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, and achieve literacy and numeracy.

In truth, author would not have achieved this paper without a strong support group. Author

would like to thank ALLAH SWT for the support and blessing in the making of this paper. Also

my parent who giving me mentally support.

This paper was made by author to fulfill the TPB assignment as it will be scored and

accumulated to GPA. Paper that far from perfection is still need some evaluation and revision from

many researcher, but also author hopes it will help people with the same interest as author does.

Jatinangor, January 7th 2018

Author
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Abstract

Sustainable Development Goals are a program from United Nations, which aiming a

development that sustainable to all country worldwide. The forth topic is Quality Education and

the sub-goal is by 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportions of adults, both men

and women, achieve literacy and numeracy. In dynamic and developed technology, there are still

some population of people who does not have the ability to read and basic mathematics. It is

ironic, because in some countries people are starting to use artificial intelligence, while the others

struggling to understand alphabet and numbers. This paper will explain about literacy and

numeracy to provide quality education worldwide. It starts from the simplest such as definition,

then the rates and graphics in Indonesia and worldwide. This paper also discussed about the

causes and the solutions for all people to have literacy and numeracy skills equal. This topic will

be seen in Pancasila and Civic Education point of view. In Pancasila’s principle 2, “Equitable

and Civilized Humanity”. It is related because the literacy and numeracy skills are related to

humanity problems, the rights to live their own life without getting disturbed from outsider. The

result of this paper is making a solution to ensure on 2030, all people achieve literacy and

numeracy. This paper written to fulfill TPB assignment from Padjajaran University, to review

study result for the past 6 months and will be scored for accumulated GPA.
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Introduction

1.1 Background

Quality education is one of seventeen goals in United Nation’s Sustainable Development

Goals. This topic focusing in providing education for every people equally. One of the sub-goals

is ensure every part of the world achieving literacy and numeracy. Literacy and numeracy is

main thing must be achieved to maintain life. In a country, if literacy and numeracy in high rates

it means in that country it has quality education. Ironically, not all countries have quality

education like the other countries, such as USA, UK and Japan with high quality education.

In Indonesia as developing countries, some of the regions like West Java, Central Java

and Jakarta has high education quality, no wonder those provinces became an economic central

for Indonesia. The needs and the importance education realizing people to fulfill their education

needs. Beside, high quality education equals big amount of money which not every population of

people have the ability to pay it. Expensive education made people chose to work over schools,

creating the inability to teach their children and descendants. Those inability continues to

illiterate and innumerate generation.

United Nations and some institutions are moving to provide quality education by

increasing literacy and numeracy skills. The target is everything fulfilled on 2030 and achieving

the goals for people worldwide. By achieving literacy and numeracy skills, it also increase the

humanity awareness by caring to others. Because ability to read and numerical is a vital thing to

survive in this world.

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1.2 Topic Identification

Problems from the topic that the author have found are:

1. Literacy and numeracy definition

2. The solutions for illiteracy and innumerate for quality education

3. Pancasila and Civic Education’s point of view of quality education

1.3 Topic Formulation

Formulation from the topic’s problem that the author have found are:

1. What is literacy and numeracy definitions?

2. What is the solutions for illiteracy and innumerate for equality education?

3. What is Pancasila and Civic Education’s point of view of quality education?

1.4 Purpose of The Topic

1. To find out the definition of literacy and numeracy

2. To find out the solutions for illiteracy and innumerate for equality edition

3. To find out Pancasila and Civic Education’s point of view of quality education
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Discussion

2.1 Illiteracy and Innumerate Definitions

Illiteracy is the quality or state of being illiterate; especially: inability to read or write

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). It is the antonym of literacy, the ability to read and write.

Literacy is a main skill that everyone should have, usually they learned it since young-age. The

goals of starting it from young age, so they well-prepared for the real world and can continue to

primary school and continues forever. Literate is educated, cultured; able to read and write

(Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret,

create, compute, and communicate using visual, audible, and digital materials across disciplines

and in any context.

Innumerate is marked by an ignorance of mathematics and scientific approach (Merriam-

Webster Dictionary, 2017). It is the antonym of numeracy, the ability in mathematics and

scientific approach. Some people are being ignorant and became innumerate because of the

complicated formulas. Besides, the ability in numerical skill is very important for developing

especially in technology and any kinds of it.

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2.2 Literacy and Numeracy Rates in Indonesia and Globally

Graphic 1.1 Literacy Rates Worldwide

From the graphic above, the number of illiterate female youth from 1985 to 2013 is

decreasing. It starts from 106% and end up at 68% rate. The number of illiterate male youth also

decreasing every decade. It starts from 64% and end up at 47% rate. It is the living proof that the

education in certain countries are getting better and providing quality education so people has the

main ability to read and write. UNICEF claimed that about 60 percent of the countries and areas

for which data are available have eradicated or nearly eradicated illiteracy among youth. Even

when universal primary education is within reach, some countries, such as Malawi and Zambia,

show low youth literacy rates. Particularly in West and Central Africa and South Asia, illiterate

women far outnumber their male counterparts. The gender parity index stands at 0.79 and 0.91

for West and Central Africa, and South Asia. In Niger, the gender parity index is 0.44, it means

that there are 44 literate women for every 100 literate men.
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2.3 The Solutions for Illiteracy and Innumerate for Quality Education

To reach the goals of quality education, United Nations set a sub-goal to ensure the

substantial proportion of adults and youths achieving literacy and numeracy. United Nations

moved many institutions and foundation to support the literacy and numeracy across countries,

even the furthest country. International Literacy Association is a foundation that concern in

children and adults who inability to read and write. They have prepared some solutions like:

1. Providing leaders and teachers with the resources and expertise to support and inspire

their students and each other

2. The instructor have been set in standards, evaluated, and advocated for the cause of

literacy before they starts their mission in literacy teaching

3. Build a global community contain literacy practitioners to spread the spirit of literacy and

being literate to over 78 countries.

In Indonesia, literacy is celebrated on every September 8th as National Literacy day. This

celebration day is a start up to introduce how important the ability to read is. Literacy is very

important because it counts in Human Development Index (HDI) to rate a country of how good

education they gave to their people. Illiterate usually poor people, because they are too busy to

work for a living and only focusing how to stay alive in a day and the next day. For them,

literacy is last importance since doesn’t related to their job. Indonesia has a solution that related

to their cultural behavior such as:

1. Managing work together between government and university by sending some students to

illiterate villages in Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) program.

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2. Free social counseling to every part of the people, so they moved to study and throw

away the perspective about unimportance of study

3. Government focusing in planning an annual plan for literacy, preparing the fund from the

state budget.

Quality education doesn’t mean has to be expensive with quality subject that given to the

students. Government must focusing in providing a quality education for all kinds of people,

without weighing them with the tuition fee. It means a country must provide a quality

education that gives feedback to the world without any fee or make it less expensive, so

every kinds of people has the same chances to have education in their own countries. The key

is teamwork and people humanity awareness to care about one and each other.

2.4 Pancasila Point of View

From Pancasila’s Principle 2, “Equity and Civilized Humanity” related to this topic

because the ability to read is every human’s rights. Such an equity for them who can’t read and

let the people who has ability to teach them. Work together at helping each other to read and

numeric skills is kind of civilized humanity because one strong person doesn’t let one man down,

but learning together and making a harmony to strengthen national unity. If all the needs above

are fulfilled, it provides quality education which fulfilled the goal of SDGs
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2.5 Civic Education of View

From Civic Education will see this topic in the regulate law in Indonesia. The laws are

written in:

1. Law Region Bone City number 11 year 2009 about illiterate eradication

2. Constitution of Republic of Indonesia number 20 year 1989 about National Education

3. Constitution of Republic of Indonesia number 14 year 2005 about teachers and lecturers

4. Government Decree number 19 year 2005 about National Education Standards

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Results

3.1 Conclusion

Literacy and numeracy are skills that every people must have because it counts in Human

Development Index (HDI) to proof every country of their education level. Literacy is the ability

to identify, understand, interpret, create, compute, and communicate using visual, audible, and

digital materials across disciplines and in any context. Numeracy is the ability in mathematics

and scientific approach. Quality education doesn’t mean has to be expensive with quality subject

that given to the students. Government must focusing in providing a quality education for all

kinds of people, without weighing them with the tuition fee. Free education make people realize

how important they are because of having chances to study for free, it will reducing the rate of

illiterate population and increasing quality education worldwide.

3.2 Suggestion

By achieving the literacy and numeracy numbers worldwide, it is a living proof that

every country start to develop quality education for their people. To make it real, the steps they

need to do are:

1. Working together between ability and inability people to start teaching and learning

together

2. Preparing leaders and teachers for some isolated country

3. Reducing poverty and fixing state economic, so people not too busy in working for a

living

4. Providing free schools and free learning for all kinds of people.
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References

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www.republika.co.id/berita/koran/opini-koran/14/09/09/nbmb8h13-pemberantasan-buta-aksara

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

https://www.importantindia.com/24040/illiteracy/

www.right-to-education.org/issue-page/education-quality

www.literacyworldwide.org/why-literacy

https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/sustainabledevelopmentgoals