1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
The teaching profession previously was accorded with respect, honor and dignity. This enviable profession was a sort of motivation to many teachers. Also not only afford life career and permanent membership but also renders services to the public. It has code of ethics; the code of ethics for teachers is contained in the handbooks of the Nigeria union of teachers. They were revealed and give pride of place in the study. But recently, the government and all its organs neglect teachers and the educational sector, while motivation can be brought about by adequate remuneration, fringe benefits and recognition. They can also be made to occupy high social status in the society.
However, in spite of the facts that this motivation was not really there, teachers still did their work conscientiously producing desired result. There is no doubt before 1980 teachers started to recognize their own worth and demand for their right when these was not forth coming their attitude to their work began to change and this was the beginning of the down word side in education in the country. It was also the beginning of industrial actions by teacher’s nationwide. From 11980 till date, the country had witnessed countless number of strikes and counters strikes as the many other establishments, strikes is a common action embarked upon by workers over the years. There have been wide spread concern on what teachers can do effectively and how this condition of services could be achieved, the resultant effect was a further determination of students performance. This has been the major concern of the researcher who has decided to find out.
According to Nwanchukwu (1990) it is a fact that frown both the lay man and expert point of view the level of performance in way organization are remunerated and other monetary incentives. There is no other saying that the primary motive of investing is to meet the organization goals therefore there are certain factors which need to be considered in order to attain the above is the realization of objectives. Moreover, it is important to note that motivation is important if the desired level of performance would be attained. Thus the employers they should be aware that old methods of persuading society to produce the desired result. Therefore, it is necessary for employers of labour to be fully equipped with all the motivational tools and their applications if the stated organizational objectives would be activated. It is the hope and the belief of the researcher that if employers wants their employee to perform effectively they should reciprocate by providing the necessary incentives for examples newspaper, daily times in expressing the light of teachers work that it is totally unjustifiable and well reasonable to notice bond treatment towards teachers.
Teachers are the producers of the following bank manager, oil miners, judge, chief accountant, lawyers, senators, governors even the president. But it is the salary of the teachers that is always delayed and it is the arrears of salaries to teachers that are usually dumped in sides dustbins untouched at the school boards is in heaven. Thus they succeeded in maintaining and improving educational standard as by Ubjuke effective performance on the part of the employers is essential for the success of the organization. An understanding of what motivate individual is necessary to reveal and potential released.
In the light of this problem the study is designed to assist measure and explain the performance of teachers, in Classical International College in Warri-South Local Government Area, Delta State. This study is interested in teachers as they occupy a significant role in the development of any country. It focuses on secondary school teachers who will be called upon the shoulders the responsibilities of seeing to the successful take off of introduced six years course in secondary schools. The teacher therefore needs to be lightly motivated for successful take off this performance.
1.2 Statement of Problems
This research aimed at finding out the causes and proposing solution on the problem of motivation of teachers. The problem will investigate into the salary of teachers and how often their salaries are paid in companies with other workers in the public sectors whether there is adequate facilities, including laboratory equipment, textbooks, adequate finance and conducive environment for teacher to carry out their job. Whether the nature and structure of job can act as a motivating factor and also what are the attitudes of teachers as regard remaining in the profession.
1.3 Aim and Objectives of Study
The aim of the study is to determine Strategies for Improving Teacher Motivation to Ensure Professional Performance in Secondary School. In achieving this aim, the following specific objectives were laid out as follows:
- To examine the impact of the motivation on teachers performance
- To find out whether the proper use of motivation techniques have a positive or negative effects on the performance of teachers.
- To find out whether teachers in Delta State are presently satisfied with the condition of service.
- To find out whether financial incentives improve workers performance more than non-financial incentives.
- To examine the extent to which motivational determinants are in teaching profession whether the teacher in Delta State will quit teaching profession.
- To make recommendations to the government and appropriate authority concerned based on the findings of the study.
1.4 Research Questions
The study came up with research questions so as to be able to ascertain the above stated objectives. The specific research questions for the study are stated below as follows:
- Is your salary paid regularly?
- Does increase in salaries motivate you?
- Are you satisfied with your present salary?
- Is your salary the same with that of your counterpart in their profession?
- Are you satisfied with the promotion of teachers in this local government?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
In order to pursue the objective of this study, the following generalized statements have been designed to guide and aids in obtaining the result for the experiment to be conducted. For this work, the null hypothesis will be represented with H0 while the alternative hypothesis will be represented with hypothesis H1.
H0: There is no significant relationship between motivation of teachers and academic teaching performance.
H1: There is significant relationship between motivation of teachers and academic teaching performance.
1.6 Significance of Study
This research will enable those concerned know how to develop teaching profession in Nigeria and how to endure greater satisfaction in them.
- It will provide for an opportunity for enhancing the performance by understanding motivation, as to improve performance.
- It will provide for an opportunity for enhancing job performance by understanding motivation determinant and actions involved in them so as to improve performance.
- As useful lesson to all that extensive control is not the best of obtaining effects and cooperation at work.
- It will help to ascertain really motivate teachers apart from monetary rewards, such information will go along way to suggest how best to improve the performance of productivity of teachers in Warri-South Local Government Area, Delta State at large.
This study will be of immense benefit to other researchers who intend to know more on this study and can also be used by non-researchers to build more on their research work. This study contributes to knowledge and could serve as a guide for other study.
1.7 Scope of Study
The study focuses on Strategies for Improving Teacher Motivation to Ensure Professional Performance in Secondary School in Classical International College in Warri-South Local Government Area, Delta State.
1.8 Limitations of the Study
During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:
- Time Constraint: The time frame given to accomplish this project was very short due to school academic calendar and it was carried out under pressure which made the researcher not to implement some necessary features.
- Establishment Policies: Establishment policies posed a serious limitation as most staffs are not ready to release information needed for this project work. There were lots of information needed from the staffs of this establishment to enhance the study which took them time to release or they did not release at all for security purposes, hence the scope was reduced.
- Research material: availability of research material is a major setback to the scope of the study.
- Frequent power failure: This made the researcher append more money on fuel to ensure sustainable power.
- Financial Constraint: Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and interview).
