INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS

INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
 
ABSTRACT
This study is on the influence of Teachers’ Motivation on the academic performance of students in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra state. The general purpose of the study was to find out the influence of Teachers’ motivation on the academic performance of students in Dunukofia Local Government Area. The study was a descriptive survey and the researcher employed the use of structured questionnaire in gathering data from the population of four hundred (400), drawing the sample size of one hundred and seventy (110) respondents. The data collection was analyzed using simple percentage techniques. In the course of the study, the researcher found out that teachers in Dunukofia Local Government Area did not receive regular payment of salaries and allowances and that poor salaries reduced the teachers’ performance in the class room. From the above, the findings, I recommended that regular payment of salaries and allowances should be made available to the teachers in Dunukofia Local Government Area, and that government should increase teachers’ salaries to help increase the job performance of the teachers.