Department of Education Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Jos;

Abstract

This study examined the teachers’ motivation as a determinant of academic performance of secondary school
History students in Ilorin, Kwara State. The population of this study comprised all History teachers and students
in 184 public senior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis of Kwara State, while the target population were
History teachers and SS 3 History students from the nine (9) selected senior secondary schools in Ilorin
metropolis which involved of Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Ilorin West respectively. Purposive sampling
technique was used to select 27 History teachers and 108 History students from the nine (9) selected senior
secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis to make a total number of 135 respondents as a sample for the study. The
instrument administered to collect data and information for this study are questionnaire and profoma, using
inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation statistics at 0.05 level of significance to test all the
three hypotheses generated in the study. The findings revealed that there was significant relationship between
teachers' motivation, professional development, remuneration and academic performance of History students’ in
Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. Based on the findings, it is recommended that government should ensure that
teachers are well-paid(salaries and allowances) as and when due and organise professional development
programmes so as to encourage teachers to put in their best in carrying out their duties which in-turn could
improve good academic performance of History students