Systematic Review Literature: The Issue of Illiteracy among Primary School Students

Reading skills are a very important basis of life in today's globalization era phenomenon. This study uses a systematic literature review (SLR). Therefore this study has collected as many as ten highlights of the literature review that can answer the theme set in the study. There are three themes highlighted in this study which are illiteracy factors among primary school students, the effects of illiteracy among primary school students and ways to overcome the issue of illiteracy among primary school students. The selection of articles for writing this SLR is from 2014 to 2024, which is a period of ten years. There are eight studies that discuss the factors that cause illiteracy among students, four studies discuss the effects of illiteracy and nine studies discuss how to overcome the issue of illiteracy at the primary school level. There are some common findings for each study either in terms of factors, effects and ways to overcome the issue of illiteracy.