Motivational strategies and teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Oye Local Government Area (LGA) of Ekiti State
Keywords:
motivation, remuneration, promotion, teachers’ involvement in decision-making, on-the-job trainingAbstract
The study investigated motivational strategies and teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Oye LGA of Ekiti state. The purpose of the study was to ascertain whether motivational strategies such as remuneration, promotion, involvement in school decision-making, and on-the-job training significantly related to teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Oye LGA of Ekiti state. Five research questions and four hypotheses guided the study at a 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey design and a quantitative methodology were adopted for the study. A sample of 200 teachers was randomly selected for the study. Motivation and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire” (MTPQ) served as an instrument for data collection. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and Pearson moment correlation coefficient to answer hypotheses that guided the study at a 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed from the analysis that (1) teachers’ productivity is significantly related to motivation. It was also revealed that teachers’ productivity was significantly related to motivational strategies such as remuneration, promotion, teachers’ involvement in decision-making and on-the-job training in public secondary schools in Oye LGA of Ekiti state. It was recommended among other things that the management of the public secondary school should always give incentives such as prompt implementation of promotion and trophies to teachers with high productivity in schools This will encourage them to keep such practice to their credit and that of the school.
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