TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION AS CORRELATE OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MUSHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE

Abstract

This study investigated teachers’ motivation as a correlate of students’ academic performance in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.  The design for the study was a descriptive survey type. A multi-stage Sampling Technique was adopted. However, 20 public secondary schools were randomly selected in the study area through a simple random sampling technique. ln each school, 15 teachers were selected through a simple random sampling technique. A total of two hundred (200) teachers were used for the study. A self-design instrument tagged “Teachers’ Motivation and Students Academic Performance Questionnaire (TMSAPQ)” was used to collect data. The questionnaire was divided into two (2) sections. Section A contained respondents’ data, while section B consisted of the fifteen items The format adopted for section B was the Likert scale format to which respondents were required to respond to. In consideration of content validity, the instrument was given to the experts in the field of Educational Management and evaluation for scrutiny. The test-retest method was adopted and a reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was obtained. A simple percentage was used to interpret respondents’ data used to analyze the four research questions. The findings revealed that steady salary, promotion, and loan advancement/benefits motivated teachers’ to improve students’ academic performance. It was thus suggested that state government should embrace teachers’ welfares, there should be regular payment of teachers’ salaries and benefits. Also, periodical promotion of teachers based on the agreement should be honored. All these when implemented would promote students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Lagos State.