the budget for evaluation activities also increased and was secured by law in real terms inep s annual budget more than quadrupled in a decade growing from usd million in to usd million in further pursuing these reforms is essential to ensure that all students acquire basic skills and effectively move on to upper secondary education the greatest challenge ahead is to improve teaching practices which is also the most promising lever of student learning developing a common understanding of good teaching should be the first step to formulate an ambitious policy for their professionalisation and address concerns over their poor preparation recruitment and support