Jakarta, May 13 -- Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto has called on regional governments to strengthen literacy culture through programs aimed at improving the public literacy development index.

"We want the public literacy development index and reading interest levels to receive serious attention from all regional governments in collaboration with literacy communities," he said in an official statement in Jakarta on Wednesday.

He stressed that six strategic measures should become part of a collective movement involving literacy activists, communities, and regional libraries.

The measures include strengthening regional policies and regulations, transforming regional libraries, improving digital literacy, enhancing the c...