Assessing the Management of Motivational Needs and Carrier Aspirationsof In-service Teacher Trainees of Lagos State Junior Secondary Schools.

Motivation is understood as a concept of management practice used to enhance productivityat work place. Therefore, this study examines the motivational needs and career aspirationsof in-service teachers of Lagos State junior secondary schools. The study is a descriptivesurvey research design. The population of the study consists of all in-service teachers ofLagos State junior secondary schools that are pursuing sandwich degree programmes whilea sample of 240 in-service teachers were selected purposively across each of the sixeducational districts in the State. A self-constructed questionnaire titled “In-ServiceTeachers’ Motivational Needs and Career Aspirations Questionnaire” (ITMNCAQ) was usedfor data collection. The Cronbach Alpha reliability value of the instrument is 0.73. The datacollected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questionswhile Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the statedhypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that counseling by people around and familymembers is the most significant motivational needs of in-service teachers while the highlyrated career aspiration is finding stable economic security in teaching. A significantrelationship was established between motivational needs and career aspirations of in-serviceteachers. It was recommended that in-service teachers’ motivational needs in teachingprofession should influence the way schools prepare and plan their curricula. The schoolmanagement should increase the number of developmental programmes and develop careercounseling strategies to enhance in-service teachers’ self-efficacy in several aspects ofteaching profession.