Comparative Analysis of Public and Private Secondary School Teachers’ Level of Work Motivation in Ilorin, Nigeria

This study analysed and compared the levels of work motivation among thepublic and private teachers in Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State. It adoptedthe descriptive survey design. Six hundred teachers selected randomly from15 private and 15 public secondary schools participated in the study. Aresearch instrument entitled Teachers’ Self-assessment Motivation Scale(SAMS) was designed by the researchers to gather data for the study. Thereliability coefficient of the instrument was determined through the testretest procedure and Chrombach Alpha formula, its reliability coefficientwas found to be .87. Results revealed that work motivation among majority(61.8%) of the teachers was at a moderate level, while 23.7% and 14.5%of the teachers were at high and low motivation level respectively. Workmotivation among teachers in public schools was higher than among teachersin private secondary schools. Only 5.3% of teachers in public school wereat the low motivation level compared to 23.7% of teachers in privatesecondary schools at the low motivation level. It is obvious from the forgoingthat the work motivation level of teachers in private secondary school is not as encouraging as that of teachers in public secondary schools. In mostprivate schools lack of incentives such as annual salary increment,promotion, sponsorship to in-service training, workshops and conferencesplausibly accounted for their low level of motivation. Based on the results,it was recommended that proprietors of private secondary schools shouldendeavor to provide their teachers incentives that teachers in public schoolsare enjoying.