The 21st Century Skills through Literacy and Numeracy at Public Junior High Schools in Pamekasan Madura

The skills to think critically, think creatively, communicate effectively and work collaboratively are global demand in education in the 21st century. These abilities need to be developed in the classroom through literacy and numeracy to improve students' interpretation of the text read and relate it to their experiences. Literacy and numeracy become the main component in Minimum Competence Assessment (AKM) activities which are part of the National Assessment (AN). This paper aims to describe the implementation of literacy and numeracy in the learning process at public junior high schools in Pamekasan. This research uses a qualitative approach by a case study method. The results are, first, the teachers have already joined several workshops on literacy and numeracy, both conducted in school and outside of school. Second, the teachers have implemented them in their lesson plans, namely the objectives, learning activities, and assessments. Third, most of the teachers have been able to implement literacy and numeracy contents in the learning process, but there are still some who have difficulty in implementing the content of numeracy. It is suggested that the teachers need to do cross-subject numeracy by playing an active role to identify opportunities to strengthen it and to collaborate with other teachers on numeracy in the curriculum by instilling it in the subjects they teach without losing focus on their own subject.