Projects should integrate new activities into the existing system and improve the system where necessary. Within the ITCHA improvement component, new MEGATEC degree programs were created. However, the new MEGATEC degree programs were not integrated into the existing education system, so at the end of the compact it remained unclear how MEGATEC degrees could be used to partially fulfill university requirements. In addition, teacher training took place by consultants paid with compact funds during implementation, but no MEGATEC teacher training program was formally set-up to continue on-boarding new teachers or for continual professional development of existing teachers. This means that new teachers receive informal training from fellow teachers, which puts the reputation of the MEGATEC degrees at risk. It’s important to analyze whether or not a one-off training of teachers represents the highest return or if a systematic improvement to teacher training would provide higher returns.
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