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Papua Province remains at the top in addressing illiteracy issues. The Community Literacy Development Index (IPLM) in Papua Province stands at 20.02, significantly lower than the national IPLM average of 64.48. In 2022, it was reported that the literacy rate among individuals aged 15–59 in Papua Province was 81.53%, indicating that nearly 20% of this age group in the province is still unable to read, write, or perform basic arithmetic.  According to the head of the South Papua Province Education and Culture Office, over 36,252 children who should be attending primary to senior high school are either out of school or have dropped out. Merauke Regency contributes the highest numbers compared to other regencies. The purpose of this community service initiative is to provide literacy and numeracy (calistung) education to children who have dropped out or never attended school. The implementation method comprises three stages: planning, execution, and evaluation.The results of three months of calistung teaching at *Bevak Pintar* showed significant improvement in the reading, writing, and arithmetic skills of children who had dropped out of school or had never attended school.

The " Sekolah Sungai " program in Gunung Anyar Tambak, Surabaya, is an initiative by PLN since 2018 to raise literacy and skills among the community of interests around the river. This program includes various activities focused on learning about nature and ways to protect the fence environment. PPK Ormawa HIMANATA, which stimulate the opportunity to supply suffer innovations for learning at the Sekolah Sungai, created introduction in five literacy, fine art, and creative science corners. These include the Calistung Corner, English Corner, Kolase-Diorama Corner, Film Corner, and Art Corner. This study propose to identify the impact of the program on the literacy development of children and the surrounding community, equally substantially as to provide an rating of the strength of each learning corner. This is bear to service as a guideline for the community to prolong the literacy corner program, particularly the foundation within these five literacy corners.

Calistung learning is part of the Early Childhood Education (PAUD) Curriculum. Basically, Khalistan learning focuses on teaching reading, writing and arithmetic skills. This is stated in Appendix I to the Regulation of the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (Permen) No. 137, Content Standards for Developmental Achievement Levels for Children 4-5 Years and 5-6 Years (STPPA). 2014. This introduction aims to prepare children to continue to the next level of education, namely basic education. However, the ideal Calistung PAUD learning model is still a serious problem in a broader context, especially when combined with the possibility of further SD/MI entrance exams in the form of the Calistung test. Many elementary schools/MIs hold Calistung entrance exams as a prerequisite for accepting new students according to standards  

This research aims to evaluate the role of students in the Practical Lecture and Community Service (KPPM) program from the Tarutung State Christian Religion Institute (IAKN) to improve reading, writing and arithmetic skills (calistung. As well as to explore and analyze the role of students in practical and community service lectures to the community (kppm), in improving the calistung abilities of children in the village of Pagarbatu. In this journal, researchers will discuss the role of practical college students and community service in increasing calistung among children in the village of Pagarbatu. The results of the research show that KPPM students play a significant role in developing children's calistung skills at the Pagarbatu village elementary school. Apart from that, student involvement in community activities also contributes to strengthening social relations and community support for children's education. This research concludes that the KPPM program involving students can be an effective model in improving the quality of basic education in rural areas. The recommendation given is that there needs to be continued support from educational institutions and local governments to expand and deepen the positive impact of this program.    

This research evaluates the effect of the mutual cooperation program and free Calistung learning for grade 1 elementary school students in Pagar Batu village on improving environmental cleanliness and academic skills. The research method uses a participatory approach where parents, teachers and the local community are actively involved. The implementation of the mutual cooperation program has succeeded in making people aware of the importance of maintaining a clean environment. Regular mutual cooperation creates a cleaner and healthier environment. Calistung Tutoring fees have a positive impact on students' academic abilities, especially reading and mathematics abilities. By working together, the community participates in cleaning up the surrounding environment, including cleaning blocked drains. Tutoring Calistung, meanwhile, takes place under the guidance of a qualified teacher or volunteer. The material is adapted to the elementary school curriculum to improve students' academic abilities. This program has good potential to improve environmental cleanliness and student academic achievement. Recommendations include increasing the number of stakeholders and expanding the program so that its impact on society is broader and more sustainable.  

Literacy and numeracy are basic competencies needed by students to analyze reading and numbers in various contexts.  Based on the research results, it is known that the literacy and numeracy competencies of students in Indonesia are still very lacking. For this reason, the Ministry of Education and Culture, through the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) policy, is holding a program called the Teaching Campus, which invites students to contribute to strengthening students' literacy and numeracy learning, especially at the junior high school level. Students work directly to help schools, teachers and students according to school conditions and existing needs. The student activities in implementing this campus teaching program are prepared in the form of a RAK (Collaborative Action Plan). However, before that the students are handed over by the field supervisor to the school, then the students carry out school observations. Once they felt they had enough observation data, students created a RAK with the main target of developing the quality of literacy and numeracy. In line with this, students carry it out together with a team that has been formed by the campus teaching program organizing committee. All activities include teaching in class, calistung tutoring, garden improvements, green parks, Bible study, art lessons, literacy trees, reading corners, helping with administration in employee offices, student character training, mutual cooperation, morning cleaning, helping with daily pickets, and development Student talent is a program that the student team carries out during the assignment period at the placement school for the class 7 campus teaching program at SMP Negeri 1 Palipi, JL. Mogang Harbor District. Palipi, Kab. Samosir.