This study aimed at assessing the motivation and the performance of teachers in
secondary schools in Mvomero district. Specifically the study focused at finding out the
following guided objectives, effects of Motivation to teachers‟ morale to perform,
effects of intrinsic motivation as well as effects of extrinsic motivation for selected
secondary schools, at Mzumbe ward Mvomero District. The problem statement of this
study was concerned with low and absence of commitments or rather poor performance
of Secondary school Teachers in teaching in Secondary School in Tanzania. Data were
collected from 110 respondents include 100 teachers , 2 Secondary School Head Masters
and 6 school management team (SMT) 3 from each two selected schools which were
Mzumbe and Mongola secondary school . Through then the use of questionnaires and
interviews, the collected data were then analyzed by the use of Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS).
Furthermore the study found that intrinsic motivation has positive effect to the
performance of teachers, whereby the extrinsic motivation has positive effect to
performance of teachers. The challenges facing teachers in their performance includes;
low salary, lack of accommodation services, lack of incentives, delays in being
promoted and lack of sufficient learning and teaching materials. Lastly the study came
out with five measures that could be taken to curb the challenges, these are payment of
better salary, provision of accommodation services, provision of teaching and learning
materials, provision of transport and medical allowances and timely promotion to
teachers.
The study suggests that the government through its organs such as the ministry of
education and prime minister‟s office and Regional and Local Government Authority
should increase the budget for secondary schools. The increased budget should improve
salaries, and housing status in secondary school. And the District Executive Director
should facilitate the timely promotion of teachers to encourage them stay in the teaching
profession.