Staff Motivation as a Tool for Effective Administration of Borno State Agency for Mass Education

Abstract

The study assessed staff motivation as a tool for effective administration of Borno State Agency for Mass Education. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Three objectives and three research questions guided the study. The total population of the study was all the 236 instructors from Borno state Agency for Mass Education. A sample of 134 instructors were randomly selected from the population. The instrument for data collection were questionnaire tagged (SMTEABSANE). Cronbach alpha was used to test the reliability of the instrument with an overall reliability index of 0.78 and 0.78 respectively which was considered adequate for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that staff motivation has contributed positively on job performance in Borno state agency for mass education. The study also shows that, inclusive decision-making is the must motivational strategies that are used to improved effective administration in Borno state agency for mass education. The study also shows that the current state of staff motivation contributes to better team collaboration, influence overall job satisfaction, employee morale, and the agency's ability to efficiently execute administrative functions within the Borno State Agency for Mass Education. Based on findings, the following recommendations were made; Borno state agency for mass education should implement structured recognition and rewards programs to acknowledge and celebrate outstanding performance, agency should encourage collaboration and teamwork in decision-making processes and agency should focus on some motivations that need to be improved in order to increase effective admiration.