Strategies of Islamic Religious Education Teachers in Improving the Literacy of the Qur'an for Grade VIII Students at State Junior High School 4 Palu

The purpose of this study was to determine the strategy of Islamic Religious Education teachers in improving the ability to read and write the Qur'an of class VIII students at State Junior High School 4 Palu Kel. Besusu Tengah Kec. East Palu. This type of qualitative research or field research consists of research location, researcher's presence, data and data sources, data collection techniques, data analysis techniques, and data validity checks. Qualitative research is a research procedure that produces descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words from people and behaviors that can be observed. so that researchers collect three components, namely data reduction, data presentation and data verification. The results showed that 1). The implementation of strategies by Islamic Religious Education teachers at Palu State Junior High School 4 has not been maximized because there are still students who are not fluent in reading and writing the Qur'an. 2). The ability to read and write the Qur'an of students at Palu State Junior High School 4 is still lacking, it is evidenced by the existence of students who are in class VIII who have not been able to read and write the Qur'an based on observations and interviews at the research location