Motivation And Teachers Performance At Kioge Primary School Masocho Zone Kiisi District Nyanza Province Kenya

ABSTRACT

This study set out purposely to detennine the effect of motivation on teacher performance

at Kioge pnmary school Masocho zone Kiisi district Nyanza province Kenya.

Specifically the study intended to establish the motivation practices undertaken at the

Kioge Primary school, find out the factors that affect teacher's performance at Kioge

primary school and to find out the relationship between motivation and teacher

performance. The study made use of a cross sectional research design and a sample of 20

teachers were selected out of the 31 working at the school using random sampling. Data

was collected using the survey methods with the questionnaire as a tool. Data was

analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques that make use of tables and frequency

counts. Findings of the study revealed that salaries and wages take a large portion of the

motivation for the teachers, teacher are not offered training opportunities and or funding to improve on their performance. The study recommends the use of different motivation procedures to cater for need of all teachers at the school a combination of which is assumed to bring about a positive attitude towards work leading to an improvement in performance of the teachers.