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5.8 Final ConclusionsDrawing upon the results of the two tools, it is clear that the weaknesses or shortcomings of thecurrent programme are as follows:2. Limited trainees‟ involvement in the programme. Trainees were not given the chance toparticipate in the process of goals specification or content selection; their needs were notinvestigated through valid and systematic needs assessments.3. Insufficient resources as well–equipped training centre. Most of training sessions areconducted in UNRWA schools in classrooms with very poor facilities as improper seating,rooms with improper heating, cooling, and lightening, transport difficulty, no training labsor well-equipped libraries and shortage of suitable refreshment.4. Inadequate incentives whether moral or material ones where trainees complained a lot, thislack may have contributed to the trainees‟ low motivation and enthusiasm.5. Unsuitable training times where trainees and trainers as well, hoped for duty-off trainingdays.6. Lack of practicality whether in the goals, content and the training techniques, traineesascertained that the programme goals were moderately applicable, with a moderate focus onproblematic areas in the English curriculum or students‟ achievement problems. They alsoascertained that trainers mostly depended on lecturing and theoretical presentations thuspracticality is a frequent demand as appears in trainees‟ responses to the open endedquestions.7. Partial use of up-to-date and recent content, where there are still training materials whichdates back to 1990 so they are old and in need for replacement or modification.8. Limited technology integration where online training is not activated, technologyemployment is limited to using LCD and power point presentations.- 176 -