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as a team in carrying out these modifications. Furthermore, trainers who are the planners andthe executors of the programme share common qualifications and experience. All of themwere previous teachers who worked in UNRWA schools, thus they have a clear vision of theprogramme. This clarity is translated into a strong correlation between programmescomponents.5.3.2 Programme WeaknessesThe questionnaire analysis results illustrate that the investigated INSET programme weakestcomponents involve the following:1. Training Time and Resources: Domain(5)Training timing and resources had the lowest rank in the whole programme components witha ratio weight of (42.83%). This lowest ranking can be attributed to the following:• There is no specialized training centre; most of training sessions are conducted inUNRWA schools with inconvenient seating and limited facilities as training labs,technological devices, and well-equipped library, refreshment facilities as garden,besides, transportation problems• Inconvenient timings with training sessions conducted by the end of long and hardworkingschool days when trainees are tired and exhausted.• Lack of incentives where trainees are not rewarded with any type of incentives whichexplains trainees feeling of INSET as a heavy burden.These findings are compatible with those of Abu Salem (2008); Al-Qreanawi (2009); Al-Ajez and Al- Banna (2003); Al- Ajez (2004); Nicolaidis & Matheoudakis (2008);Mohammed (2006); Alwan (2002); Harumi (2005) who pointed out that, lack of properresources and facilities as a common barrier of several evaluated INSET programmes. Part ofthese shortcomings can be justified in the following:• Inadequate budget allocated to INSET programmes- 152 -