Motivational Programmes in Tertiary Education
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Motivational programmes, Tertiary institutionsAbstract
This paper discussed the concept of motivation and tertiary education in Nigeria. The paper looked at barriers to motivational programme in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The paper used secondary data and the data were collected from online publications and print materials from libraries. The paper concluded that barriers to motivational programme in the Nigerian tertiary institutions include poor funding, negative altitude of tertiary institutions administrators toward motivation, poor implementation of motivational policies, lack of departmental policies on motivation and poor training of tertiary administrators on motivation. Based on these barriers identified, the paper hereby recommended that the government should increase funding to various tertiary institutions, direct administrators of tertiary institutions to institutionalized motivational programme for staff yearly, implementation of welfare policies as formulated, prepare institutions’ policy on motivation and training should be organize for tertiary institutions administrators on motivation.
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