The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of policy on national exam not as the determiner of graduation and study behaviour change of students in at Junior High Schools in Insana Sub-district, Timor Tengah Utara (TTU), Indonesia. In-depth interviews were used to collect the data from participants recruited using purposive sampling technique. Data were analyzed using a framework analysis and grouped thematically. The results of this study showed that the implementation of of policy on national exam not as the graduation determiner and study behaviour change of students was influenced by the standard and purpose of the policy, availability of resources, implementation activity and communication among organisations and school institutions, characteristics of implementer agency, tendency/disposition of implementers, and behaviour of education components. The findings indicate the needs for improvement of resources required for the implementation of the policy, collaboration among school institutions as implementers, and the behaviour of education components to support the implementation process.
Policy implementation, national exam, student graduation determiner, behaviour change, TTU, Indonesia
