EFFECT OF AGE AND TEACHING FXPERIENCE ON MOTIVATION OF TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO NORTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examined the effect of age and teaching experience on teachers' motivation in 
Senior Secondary Schools in Edo North Senatorial Districts of Edo State. A descriptive 
survey design was used for the study, three research questions were raised, two were 
hypothesized and tested. The population of the study consisted of 614 teachers in the six 
local government areas in Edo North Senatorial District. A sample of 307 teachers, 
representing 50% of the population, selected through stratified random sampling 
technique. The instrument used in the study was a questionnaire titled “Motivation of 
Teachers Questionnaire” (MOTQ). Two hundred and eighty-nine (289) copies of the 
instrument out of 308 copies were properly filled and returned giving a return rate of 
93.8%. The data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. 
Percentage was used to analyze the respondents’ background characteristics. Research 
Question was descriptively answered using mean y and standard deviation (S.D) obtained 
by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS); while the hvpotheses were tested 
using t-test statistics of independent population at 0.05 level of significance. The study 
found that the level of motivation of teachers was on the average and that old teachers 
were more motivated than the young teachers and experienced teachers were more 
motivated than inexperienced teachers in public senior secondary schools in Edo North 
Senatorial District, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others 
that the government should increase the level of motivation of the teachers by making 
sure their personal needs and work performance needs are adequately taken care of and 
the profession should he made attractive.