IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: This study investigated the impact of staff motivation on academic performance of secondary school students in Osun State. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were generated for the study. Sample of twenty (20) principals and two hundred (200) secondary school teachers was the respondents used. Structured questionnaire which has two (2) sections was duly validated and reliability value was 0.75. Same data collected through the research Instruments were analysed using frequency counts, descriptive statistics and T-test statisticss. It was revealed that, there is influence of staff motivation on academic performance of secondary school students in Osun state: Teachers’ rated all the motivational strategies used by the principals as good, they rated all the indices of staff performance as good, there was a significant difference in the motivational strategies used by the principals in secondary schools based on school types, there was a significant difference in the indices that aid staff performance in secondary schools based on school types. Major recommendations were enumerated as: Principal should recognize work done well by teachers to boost their ego to enhance their work performance; teachers should be highly praised and commended for maximum performance; ministry of education should make it a policy to provide all public secondary schools in the study area with necessary facilities to facilitate effective teaching and learning in schools; research should also be done on the head teachers' motivation of students, non-teaching and subordinate staff.

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