The Impact of Motivation on the Performance of Secondary School Teachers in Isu Local Government Area in Edo State
CHAPTER ONE
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The secondary school teachers are not effectively motivated to enable them do their best possible in teaching students in secondary schools, in Isu Local Government Area, Imo State. Bulya (1992) Stated that the secondary schools teacher did not fair better. Many of them went without salaries for months. This non-payment dented the image of the teaching profession in no small measure. Teachers became borrowers and debtors. Some took to secondary jobs that were very mean like motor cycle hiring services while many others went into petty trading hawking and peasant farming. Virtually there were no difference between the teacher and a peasant illiterate. The aforementioned situation was the case in Bendel State in 1982, 1989 and in Imo State in 2003. Thus, Kayode (1996) in his study observed that:
The government at various levels and time pretend not to know the Priority of the people they government else how would Local Government Chairman prefer award of contracts for office and road renovation to ensuring that primary schools are properly equipped and teachers salaries are promptly paid. No serious attention is paid to enhance the status of teachers, even projects and activities.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter is devoted to the summary of works and findings of some eminent scholars who at one time or the other studied areas related to the topic under consideration.
In this regard the review of literature has been divided into the following headings.
- The secondary schools teacher are not motivated to perform their duties in schools.
- The extent to which Government and private schools proprietors motivate teachers to perform their duties.
- There is no difference in the factors motivating the staff job performance between male and female teachers.
- There is no difference I the factors motivating the staff job performance between male and female teachers
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE NOT MOTIVATED TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES IN SCHOOLS
According to Ibikunle (2001), the poor condition of the teaching service has an indirect effect on the teaching of social studies among other subjects. He added that the condition of work, societal status and rating, and emolument have a lot to do with it. Therefore working in dilapidated buildings with rich furniture and scanty instructional aids does a lot of damage to a social studies teachers moral and even to our pupils. This often result into strike with its disruption consequences.
The implication of this, is that secondary school teachers are not well catered for apart from the small salaries they are paid, they are working in bad buildings. There are also no good furniture and teaching aids in the schools. The teachers who ought to do their best possible in teaching the students often embark on strike actions when their salaries are not paid on time or their demands met.
Kamilu (1997) further observed that the working condition in the public sector is equally alarming. For example, job, security, job challenge, prestige e.t.c are no longer importance. Beside there is an actuate lack of (working amenities while the public sector fail to catch-up with the inflation. Worst of all, the current economic condition, has reduced the standard of living of majority of the civil servant to such an extent that the honest, conscious and dedicated civil servant can handily make a living out of his/her salary. He added that the deteriorating condition has for reaching negative impact on the performance morals and motivation of many public employees.
CHAPTER THREE
MEHTODS AND PROCEDURE
This chapter shows the methods and a descriptive study that requires the use of relevant data, questionnaires were use in getting information form the respondents.
The population of the study was twenty schools in Isu Local Government Area. Twenty secondary schools were selected on the basis of ten public schools and ten private schools.
Questionnaires were used in collecting data from teachers on the factors to be investigated.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRSENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATE
This chapter deals with the presentation, analyze and interpretation of the results based solely on the results obtained from teacher’s responses to the questionnaire prepared by the researcher.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Then study investigated then impact of motivation on the performance of secondary school teachers in secondary schools. it also investigated the differences in the extent to which teachers are motivated to perform their duties in public and private secondary schools in Isu local government area Imo States.
The information was gathered from one hundred teachers through random sampling technique, from twenty secondary schools in Isu local government area, Imo State. Among the secondary school selected, ten were public schools while ten were private schools. Also, there were two boys schools, three girls schools and five mixed school among the public secondary schools selected. The private secondary schools. Five teachers were selected through random sampling technique in each of the sampled schools.
In order for the researcher to collect data for the study, four hypothesis were formulated for testing the questionnaires was the research instrument. The questionnaires was constructed by researcher based on the research questions and copies were administered to five teachers in the sampled schools fifty male and fifty female teachers completed the questionnaire.
The data collected were given numerical scores, graded and subjected to statistical tests such as percentages.
Analysis of the data showed that:
- Secondary schools teachers are not motivated to perform their duties in school by the government and private schools proprietors (Ref: table III (a), III (b).
- The government motivate teachers in public secondary school to perform their duties than those in private secondary schools (Ref tables IV(a), IV(b).
- The government motivate teachers in public secondary schools to perform their duties than private schools proprietors motivate teachers in private schools (Ref tables IV(a), IV(b),(a),V(b)
- The public and private secondary schools management motivate teachers to perform their duties in secondary schools (Ref table VI(a), VI(b) ).
CONCLUSION
As a result of these findings it can be concluded that;
- The Government and private schools teachers to perform their duties in schools.
- Government motivates teachers in public secondary schools to perform their duties more than those in private secondary schools
- The Government motivates teachers in public secondary schools to teach their students than private proprietors motivate teachers in private secondary schools.
- The public and private schools management motivate teachers to perform their duties in secondary schools.
RECOMMENDATION
Based on the findings of this study the researcher would like to recommend;
- Government could assist by ensuring that teachers are paid their salaries on time and promoted regularly.
- Teacher’s salaries and conditions of service should be made similar to that of their colleagues in other professions.
- Teachers should also be provided with adequate space, materials, conducive environment and facilities that would make them perform their duties well in school.
- Teachers should be given awards and token gifts for hard works by school management.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
The study was limited only twenty secondary schools in Isu Local Government area. It is suggested that further research should be carried out to cover a wide scope, making use of more school and number of students. It should be extended to cover Benin City and if possible Imo State. This will create room for adequate generalization of results.
Furthermore, a study should be conducted on the factors that influence job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in Imo State. Since the lack of effective motivation of teachers is solely responsible for the poor performance of students in examination in schools, other factors that can influence the teacher to do their work well in public and private schools should be look into. These relate to the attitude of the government, private schools proprietors, and school management in motivating teachers to perform their duties in secondary schools.
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- Arubayi, E. A. (1981). Factors of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction among school headmaster in Bendel State of Nigeria. NEDA.
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- Ibikunle G. O. (2001). The Nigerian public sector: issues and problems. Tambari kano Journal of education Vol. 6 No. 2.
