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free school
noun
- a privately run school organized as an alternative to the traditional public or private school, usually following a highly flexible approach to the curriculum and teaching methods.
Example Sentences
The ashram she built in the Santa Monica mountains was as subversive as any free school or fringe arts cohort, just without the shrillness of dogma.
In February, when thousands took to the streets to protest at budget cuts, they aimed their ire at the hefty price of Prabowo's free school meals: "Children eat for free, parents are laid off," read one of their protest signs.
While the programme is "well-intentioned", Maria Monica Wihardja, a visiting fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, told the BBC there has been "no evidence" of "widespread urgency" for free school meals.
Indonesia has set aside more than $10bn this year for the free school meals.
In the first phase, which began in January, free school meals have made their way to 550,000 students in 26 provinces.
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