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needs. Although Section 8 of the 2008 Education for Persons with

Disabilities Act requires every public school to prepare an individual

education plan, in practice this has not been implemented in most

schools. Where such a plan is prepared, it usually does not correspond

with the real needs of the children. Moreover, there is no support system

to help children with disabilities remain in schools. Other problems relating

to education of children with disabilities include poverty which prevents

the children from attending schools regularly, traveling problem due to the

long distance between home and school, and the severity of the disability

such as in the case of intellectual disability. The government education

policy which encourages children to continue higher education does not

correspond with the special needs of children with certain type of

disability. Children with intellectual disability do not need to learn all the

contents intended for ordinary children, but the aim of education for these

children should be to enhance their ability in specific fields to enable

them to earn a living. According to the Primary Education Office, the

Education Ministry has started to develop a Student Support Service

program in about 1,000 schools where children with disabilities are learning

together with other children. It has a plan to extend this service to all

21,000 schools nationwide, but this cannot yet be done due to budget

constraint.