Al-Hikmah University Journal

Motivation is an important tool for long-term growth of every educational system. Teachers’ welfare is hardly considered by different stakeholders in Nigerian educational system. This paper therefore discussed motivating business education teachers for effective performance. The paper described the relationship between motivation and business education teachers’ performance. This paper also gave insight on theories of motivation and itsimportance in workplace. Motivation is a condition which influences the arousal, direction and maintenance of behavhior. Human need must be satisfied, and this can cause the arousal of motivational forces. The paper concluded that motivation is very much needed for business education teachers to be productive, and management or leadership has an important role to play. It is not always based on financial rewards, but non-financial rewards methods can also be used to derive the best out of business education teacher.  It was therefore recommended that,Business education teachers should be motivated in order to optimise their performance.