This study aims to determine the relationship and closeness between the School Literacy Movement Program (GLS) on the Reading and Writing Literacy of Class VIII Students of SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan and the implementation of the GLS Program at SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The population in the study were all class VIII students of SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan in the 2020/2021 academic year, totaling 345 students. Samples were taken based on the Simple Random Sampling technique. Based on the results of data analysis, 69 of 86 students showed a supportive attitude in the GLS and Literacy and Literacy Program at school and based on the results of Kendall's Tau-B correlation test at a significant level of 5% (N = 86) obtained a p-value of less than 0.05 ( 0.000 < 0.05) means that there is a relationship between the GLS Program and Literacy. Then, the result of Z count is greater than Z table (4,972 > 1.65). This shows that there is a significant and strong relationship between the GLS Program and the Literacy and Literacy of students in schools. Thus, it can be concluded that "There is a significant and strong relationship between the School Literacy Movement Program (GLS) and the Literacy of Class VIII Students of SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan".Keywords: Literacy Movement, GLS, Read and Write Literacy
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