CREATING A CHARACTER-BUILDING GENERATION THROUGH LITERACY, NUMERACY, AND ANTI-BULLYING SOCIALIZATION

Abstract

This community service program was strategically designed to tackle two fundamental issues in primary education: weak literacy skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and the widespread problem of bullying. Utilizing a participatory approach, the team implemented interventions in two locations, focusing literacy assistance through interactive and enjoyable methods like visual media, songs, and educational games for preschoolers and elementary children in RW 13 Sungai Lekop, while concurrently conducting intensive bullying prevention socialization for 5th and 6th graders at SD Negeri 016 Sagulung, covering the forms, impacts, and coping strategies of bullying. The evaluation results confirmed positive developments, showing an increase in both students' understanding and learning independence in literacy, as well as a successfully raised awareness to reject all forms of bullying—a success attributed to the collaboration with parents, the community, and the school. In conclusion, this creative educational approach that actively involves all stakeholders has proven effective in addressing these core problems and in fostering a safer, more comfortable learning environment at the elementary level.