International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study sought to examine the relationship between enhancing teachers’ motivation strategies and performance effectiveness in selected secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The research design adopted for this study was ex post facto. The target population of the study consists of 23 secondary schools in selected Local Government in Kaduna State, Nigeria. According to the field survey ofthe secondary education Board Kaduna State, Nigeria, (SSEEB, 2019). The study adopted the multistage sampling techniques which comprised stratified, simple and purposive sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection is a researchers’ validated instrument titled “Motivational Strategies and Teachers’ job effectiveness Questionnaire (MSTJEQ). To ascertain the extent to which the items in the instrument measure what it was designed to measure. Two kinds of validity were established, namely; face and content validity were established by experts in Measurement and Evaluation and Educational management and the reliability of the instrument a trial test was carried out with 30 respondents who are not part of the sample schools. The reliability was established using Cronbach alpha reliability of internal consistency after the administration the reliability was calculated and the index ranged from 0.69 to 0.82 accordingly and the data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ promotion and teachers’ remuneration and teachers’ fringe benefits on teachers’ job effectiveness. It was recommended among others that government should determine what outcome teachers value, that is, link the reward that teachers value to their job performance, and ensure that teachers’ wages and salary rates are not perceived as unfair.

Keywords:  Teachers’ motivation, strategies, performance and effectiveness