Long road of literacy Bedouin
There is a silver lining when the International Literacy Day on 8 September in each year is held in Cilegon, Banten province. Banten province had received the title of illiteracy barn because the number of people who illiteracy is high, ie 500's of thousands of people. The number is now declining sharply to 150's of thousands of people. However, an interesting statistic from Bantam is not illiterate people dropped dramatically, but the existence of indigenous groups Bedouin. As is known, some of these indigenous communities to this day still refuses to learn literacy, especially the Latin script. This community consists of Bedouin and Bedouin Outside In. They live in 59 villages in Lebak, Banten province. Now only three villages which still adhered strictly adhered to the tradition of the Bedouin in. Why is literacy important? According to the opening phrase is defined in the resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations, "Literacy is important for the acquisiti...