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Indonesia improves digital literacy for people

More than 24.6 million people in Indonesia participated in the improvement of the digital literacy programme through the National Movement of Digital Literacy (GNLD) from 2017 to the end of 2023, according to the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (KOMIFO).
Indonesia improves digital literacy for people ảnh 1Students work on their assignments at an event in Jakarta. (Photo: tempo.io)

Jakarta (VNA) – More than 24.6 millionpeople in Indonesia participated in the improvement of the digitalliteracy programme through the National Movement of Digital Literacy (GNLD) from2017 to the end of 2023, according to the Ministry of Communicationand Informatics (KOMIFO). 

Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics Nezar Patria said ina press release on January 8 that together with 142 partners with variousbackgrounds such as academics, tech companies, and civil organisations, thedigital literacy programme was participated by 24,640,451 people acrossIndonesia until the end of 2023.

The GNLD programme strengthens the basicdigital capability of the citizens to prevent the spread of negative contentand to create a productive digital space.

Through the digital literacy programme,the ministry pushes the citizens to increase their digital literacy, especially itsfour pillars including digital capability, digital security, digital culture,and digital ethics.

Nezar said that digital literacy has variousbenefits including the rise of technology adoption in public services, economicactivities, digital inclusion, citizen democratic participation, andaccelerating the development of human and economic resources.

According to him, Indonesia has severalchallenges, including unequal access to digital infrastructure, a spike in theflow of information, and the number of negative content or hoaxes.

From 2018 to January 6, 2024, KOMIFO took down4,506,749 negative content and released clarification for 928 generalelections-related hoaxes./.

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