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The majority Womens Education level in Seberang Kota Jambi City, in the 70s, were relatively low. Women tended to only study religious education, therefore general education is considered unimportant. This resulted in the low science literacy of women in the community. Recently, in this community the education level a number of women is improving significantly. This study seeks to describe the effect of education improvement on the community scientific literacy. This study used a qualitative and quantitative approach (mixed method). The information is obtained using interviews to 150 women in the community. It was found that the level education of some women has significantly improved the community scientific literacy. Some factors that may contribute to this improvement are: 1). Confidence factors (Religion), 2) economic progress factors, 3) factors of infrastructure development and 4) information factors. As for science literacy, it is generally dominated by literacy levels at the "moderate" level of 43%, "low" 35% and subsequently "high" 22%. Based on the literacy tests in the community, it was shown that 58% were in Functional Literacy, 38% in Civic literacy, and 6% in the Cultural Literacy group.