The purpose of the study was to evaluate the implementation of the Free Education Program (FEP) in Palembang, Indonesia that has been implemented since 2009. The population of the study was all the 22 public senior high schools in Palembang. The sample consisted of 14 school heads, 33 members of school management teams, and 150 teachers in the 14 schools. School heads and school management teams were chosen through purposive sampling, while teachers were chosen via stratified random selection. The research design used a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches involving questionnaire, interview protocol, and document analysis. The findings show that FEP is actually a funding policy from the province and the city government in addition to the existing School Operational Funding Assistance (BOS) and a one-off fund granted upon application from the central government. Respondents perceived that the overall fund was insufficient to run the school activities. Several issues re.....

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