The Dakar Framework for Action (2000) has required all countries to develop national EFA policy and action plans, responding to the six EFA goals (Annex 1) Although none of the goals refer specifically to children with disabilities, they are included implicitly in the second goal This states that countries should ensure that all children have access to, and complete, free and compulsory primary education of good quality If children with disabilities, and other out-of-school children from disadvantaged groups, are not included in national policies and action plans then this goal, and the Millennium Development Goal on education, will never be achieved For countries with enrolment rates of 90 per cent and higher, this can be a motivating force for educational reform, as governments realize that “more of the same” strategies will not help them reach full enrolment