Criksetra: Jurnal Pendidikan Sejarah, Vol. 11 (2): 155-165, Agustus 2022 155 Lisensi Internasional Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Upaya Pelestarian Ka Ga Nga Aksara Lokal Suku Rejang Di Kabupaten Rejang Lebong Hudaidah 1* , Tedi Rizki 1 *Coresponding author Email: hudaidah@fkip.unsri.ac.id 1 Program Studi Pendidikan Sejarah, FKIP, Universitas Sriwijaya Abstrak: Tulisan ini mengkaji aksara lokal Ka Ga Nga dan upaya pelestariannya pada Suku Rejang Di Kabupaten Rejang Lebong. Adapun permasalahan yang akan diangkat yaitu bagaimana perkembangan aksara Ka Ga Nga dan bagaimana upaya pelestariannya. Adapun tujuan kajian untuk mendeskripsikan perkembangan aksara Ka Ga Nga dan upaya pelestariannya. Dalam melakukan kajian digunakan metode penelitian sejarah atau historis dengan pendekatan antropologis dan sosiologis, tempat penelitian dilakukan di Rejang Lebong provinsi Bengkulu. Hasil yang diperoleh bahwa aksara Ka Ga Nga diperkirakan berkembang pesat di Sumatera bagian Selatan pada abad ke- 16 hingga abad ke- 17 Masehi sebagai bagian dari perkembangan dari aksara pallawa dan kawi. Aksara Ka Ga Nga berkerabat dengan aksara di tanah Bugis. Saat ini, aksara Ka Ga Nga mengalami penurunan penyebaran di kalangan masyarakat Rejang Lebong sehingga pemerintah serta badan adat setempat terus berupaya untuk melestarikan aksara Ka Ga Nga. Badan Musyawarah Adat melakukan upaya- upaya-upaya prepentif, melalui pengenalan aksara Ka Ga Nga pada penamaan fasilitas umum serta jalan dan memasukkan muatan lokal aksara Ka Ga Nga dalam kurikulum sekolah dasar Kabupaten Rejang Lebong. Kata Kunci : Pelestarian, Ka Ga Nga, Aksara, Rejang, Lebong Effort To Preserve Ka Ga Nga Local Script, Rejang Tribe In Rejang Lebong Regency Abstract : This paper examines the local script of Ka Ga Nga and its conservation efforts in the Rejang Tribe of Rejang Lebong Regency. The issues that will be raised are how the development of the Ka Ga Nga script and how efforts to preserve it. The purpose of the study is to describe the development of the Ka Ga Nga script and its preservation efforts. In conducting the study, historical or historical research methods with anthropological and sociological approaches were used, where the research was carried out in Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu province. The results obtained that the Ka Ga Nga script is estimated to have developed rapidly in Southern Sumatra in the 16th to 17th centuries AD as part of the development of the pallawa and kawi scripts. The Ka Ga Nga script is related to the script in the land of Bugis. Currently, the Ka Ga Nga script has decreased spread among the Rejang Lebong community so that the government and local customary bodies continue to strive to preserve the Ka Ga Nga script. The Customary Deliberation Board made prepentive efforts, through the introduction of the Ka Ga Nga script to the naming of public facilities and roads and the inclusion of the local content of the Ka Ga Nga script in the curriculum of the Rejang Lebong Regency elementary school. Keywords: Preservation, Ka Ga Nga, Script, Rejang, Lebong.