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proved in the questionnaire results analysis. This overall estimation of the INSET programmewas found lower than findings proved within other similar Palestinian studies as Al-Ajez andAl- Banna‟s (2003) study where trainees‟ satisfaction average was about 66% and AbuSalem‟s (2008) study with a degree of satisfaction equals 72%. In contrast, this result iscompatible with Al-Qreanawi‟s (2009) study where the programme estimation average wasabout 61.8 %. This moderate satisfaction is justifiable in the light of several citedshortcomings and insufficiencies which outweighed the strengths. In what follows, theresearcher discusses the programme shortcomings as well as the strengths found in relation tothe questionnaire results.5.3.1 Programme Major StrengthsThe questionnaire analysis showed that the programme strengths involve:1. Programmes’ TrainersThroughout trainees‟ responses to questionnaire items, programme trainers scored the highestpercentage and the first rank of the whole domains with a weighted value of 73.70%. In otherwords, programme trainers turned out to be the programme strongest component. Thesefindings coincide with Al- Ajez‟s and Al- Banna‟s (2003) who showed that trainers are thestrongest aspect of the investigated INSET programme. They contradict with Al- Qreanawi‟s(2009) findings, in which the trainers ranked secondly after the programme goals, AbuSalems‟ (2008) results where trainers ranked the fourth and Jebers‟ (2002) where trainersranked the third.The highest percent assigned to programme trainers can be attributed to the humanisticand the gentle relationship that trainers always committed to as proved in item number 2 (areinterested in keeping gentle relationships with trainees) which had the highest ranking with aratio weight of (75.22%). Furthermore, the high ranking of programme trainers can bejustified in terms of trainers‟ relevancy to trainees, since trainers were previous teachers, thus- 149 -