TEACHER’S MOTIVATION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
- Background to the Study
Education is a process, formal or informal which enlightens, build and develop both the body and mind and consequently using all available resource in the most prudent way to make the educated man most useful to himself the society and the nation at large (Uka 2005) in essence education is seen as a mean of rearing and nurturing the individual to grow and acquire skill, knowledge attitude and valve which effectives initiate him into his culture. As he grows through life ,such and individual employs the use of his head, his heart and his hand to think, to love, to work, and develop himself fully for his own good and that of his society. He thus recognized as a good citizen. This mean that education performs important function in any society whether simple or complex the function which is according to Akinade (2006) is political, economical, and social and cultural.The educational institution is regarded as a school and a miniature of the society. Therefore, the curriculum of the formal education is developed to cater for the society need in all ramifications within which the education is taking place that is the political, economic, social and cultural need of the society will be incorporated in the educational curriculum of the society.
Bringing this nearer home, the western education was brought to Nigeria by the Christian missionaries in 1984.Their aim then for introducing education in Nigeria could be regarded as essentially evangelistic .Then, the colonial government took over the control of education from the Christian missionaries with the aim of making the colonial administration successful in Nigeria.However , after independence in 1960,the colonial perspectives philosophy and objectives of Nigerian education changed drastically and then tailored along the needs of Nigeria society .Hence Nigeria education now aims at achieving the five main national objective as stated in the second National Development Plan and National Policy on Education (1989) which are the building of ,
– A free and democratic society.
– A just and egalitarian society.
– A united strong and self-reliant nation.
– A land of bright and full opportunities for all citizens.
