PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM LITERASI DAN NUMERASI (LINUS) DI SEKOLAH RENDAH

LINUS is a program implemented by the Ministry of Education in primary schools across the country to raise the level of literacy and numeracy skills of students in 1 to 3 since 2010. This study aimed to investigate the implementation of LINUS program since 2010. The theory of Piaget (1936) was applied in this study. Survey was conducted on 120 students from three different types of schools, namely national primary schools, Chinese schools and Tamil national-type primary schools. Research showed that the LINUS teachers taught them in interesting ways and used language that is easily understood; LINUS class allows students to master the skills of reading and writing; LINUS teachers tend to apply the group activities and games in teaching and learning; In addition, teachers prefer to use computer, pictures and video in the LINUS classroom. In other words, the implementation of the LINUS program yielded results with positive responses from the students. Therefore, LINUS program should be continued with strong support from parents and the community so that its effectiveness to be more prominent in order to produce young generation who become to effectiveness in reading and writing.