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The Education Policy for the Implementation of Inclusive Education is regulated in the National Education Ministers Regulations of Indonesia No. 70 of 2009, and the North Sumatra Governor Regulation No.29 of 2016 concerning the Implementation of Inclusive Education. However, in its implementation various problems arise, namely inclusive education for special needs children is not yet understood as an effort to improve the quality of education services, teacher competence is still unable to carry out learning for special needs children , unavailability of Special Advisory Teachers in inclusive education institutions, facilities and infrastructure what is available is not in accordance with the needs of the special needs children, so that the policy needs to be evaluated. This study aims to describe and discuss the achievements and factors of failure to achieve the implementation of policies for the implementation of inclusive education in early childhood institutions in the city of Medan. This research was conducted using descriptive research methods with a qualitative approach that emphasized the study of 6 (six) research indicators from William N. Dunn (2003: 429-438), namely effectiveness, efficiency, adequacy, similarity, responsiveness, and accuracy. Data collection was conducted through interviews with 18 informants consisting of 2 Education Department respondents, 4 Principal respondents from inclusion early childhood education institutions in Medan city, 8 teacher respondents from inclusion early childhood education institutions in the city of Medan , and 4 parents of respondents from special needs students in inclusion early childhood education institutions in Medan, with a purposive sampling technique. The results of this study indicate that the evaluation of the implementation of inclusive education policies in early childhood education institutions has not been well implemented, there are still some obstacles : there is no Special Advisory Teacher in inclusion early childhood education institutions, inadequate facilities and infrastructure to meet the special needs of children with special needs, the response of the Medan City Education Department is still in the form of socialization of inclusive education and monitoring to early childhood education institutions. Therefore, there is a need for good coordination and collaboration between relevant agencies in the Province of North Sumatra to better implement inclusive education.