Head Teachers' Motivational Techniques and Elementary School Teachers' Performance in Urban and Rural Areas of District Sheikhupura

Motivation of a person have a profound effect on his/her performance. Performance of a teacher not only includes the instructional outcomes but it also encompases performance on other job related responsibilities. Being an authorized individual heads of schools can effect motivation of their teachers to improve their performance. This study was examined at finding the difference in responses of elementary school teachers regarding the motivational techniques used by their heads and its effect on their performance in urban and rural schools of Sheikhupura District. For this purpose, a survey was conducted for data collection. A sample of 600 teachers(Male = 337, Female = 263) was collected from 80 randomly selected elementary schools in District Sheikhpura. An indignously developed and validated instrument(questionnaire) was used to collect data comprising of 43 statements related to eight motivational techniques. The mean difference in teachers' responses who were working in urban and rural elementary schools, about the effect of motivational techniques on their performance was identified through t-test. The findings of the study indicated that most of the lementary teachers were of the view that heads' motivational techniques have strong effect on their performance. Moreover, difference was not statistically significant in responses of urban and rural teachers about the heads motivational techniques and its effect on their performance. It is recommended that the government should give training to heads of elementary schools to enhance their teachers' motivation in order to improve their performance.