Implementation of the Literacy Program at Special School During the Period of Pandemic Covid-19 in Yogyakarta Prima Daniyati Kusuma, Fika Nur Indriasari
STIKES Notokusumo Yogyakarta
Abstract
Background: School literacy program has been launched by the government since 2015 and has also been massively applied to all types and education levels in Indonesia. This rule is not only applied in public schools, but also in special schools (SLB). Literacy seems to be an important challenge during the pandemic. The covid-19 pandemic forces all education units to be dependent to communication and information technology as a tool of learning from home. Distance learning, or studying online from home becomes a more serious problem for special needs students. The accessibility of distance learning application becomes dilemmatic to special needs students with physical, sensory, mental or intellectual limitations.
Purpose: To find out how literacy program is applied at special schools during covid-19 pandemic.
Methods: The study used descriptive study. In addition, convenience sampling was used as the media of taking samples. The subjects of the study were special school teachers of SLB N Pembina. Questionnaires and interviews were used as tools to collect data.
Results: Most of the teachers stated that distance learning could be applied in a conducive way to 79,3% of their students- 77,6% of the students joined whatsapp group as media of distance learning- the interaction of students and teachers could reach 56,9%- reading activity to support literacy program was conducted 94,8% by the teachers and 36,8% of reading resources were mostly general knowledge books.
Conclusion: Literacy program during distance learning could still be conducted in the covid-19 pandemic sub optimally. Teachers should be very creative in developing literacy learning design to increase reading interest rate and special needs students^ language skill. Additionally, parents^ support was crucial to the successful school literacy program during covid-19 pandemic.
Keywords: School literacy program, Special School, Pandemic Covid-19
