Jakarta – On National Education Day (Hardiknas), students from Global Selamat School showed their concern for education by donating books to MNC Peduli. Thousands of books were collected on Tuesday (2/5/23).

With this activity, it is hoped that it can raise students' awareness of other children who are less fortunate in getting access to literacy. Of course, this activity aims to increase the literacy of Indonesian children.

The books that have been collected will be distributed by MNC Peduli to a number of independent reading parks in various regions in Indonesia.

Head of CSR MNC Group said that MNC Peduli hopes that the values of caring for students need to continue to be built. "In accordance with our program, namely the Smart Generation of the Nation's Children, future children are not only academically smart but also have soft skills, one of which is understanding the values of social care," said Havid.

Tengku Havid also said that the mission of this activity was also to increase the literacy of Indonesian children, which is currently still low. "By providing interesting reading books, hopefully we can attract children's interest in reading," said Havid.

Principal of SD Global Selamat School, Yulianto, said that currently 1,200 books have been collected which will be donated through MNC Peduli. All Global Selamat School students from kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school levels participated.

"Today we will give away reading books that have been collected by students of Global Selamat School through MNC Peduli. We hope that the books we give to MNC Peduli can help the Indonesian people, especially children, with the readings that we collect," said Yulianto , Tuesday (2/5/2023).

Global Selamat School students enthusiastically participated in the book drive. He hopes that the books he has collected will be useful for those in need.

"As the nation's intelligent generation, Global Selamat School also wants to contribute to education in Indonesia. National Education Day is also ahead of National Book Day which we will commemorate. We will give these reading books to MNC Peduli so that they can be distributed while increasing literacy in Indonesia," said Yulianto.