Kolaborasi Dosen-Mahasiswa dalam Penguatan Literasi dan Pendidikan Keagamaan di Desa Jambe

Abstract

Community service is an implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education that positions lecturers and students as agents of social empowerment based on community needs. This program aimed to strengthen children’s basic literacy, early financial awareness, family parenting capacity, and non-formal religious education in Jambe Village, Tangerang Regency. The partners involved were elementary school-age children, parents, managers of Qur’anic learning activities, and the village community. The methods applied were Participatory Action Research and service learning, which emphasized active community involvement from problem identification and planning to implementation and evaluation. The activities included a Reading-Writing-Arithmetic Learning House, saving literacy education, a parenting seminar, Qur’anic learning assistance, weekly religious study sessions, and an Islamic short course program. The results showed increased children’s learning enthusiasm, improved basic literacy and numeracy skills, the development of saving habits, better parental understanding of positive parenting, and stronger participation of children and community members in religious activities. In addition, collaboration among lecturers, students, and villagers strengthened the community’s sense of ownership of the program. This community service initiative demonstrates that collaborative and participatory approaches can generate educational, social, and spiritual impacts that are relevant to local needs and have the potential for sustainability.