INFLUENCE OF EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION ON CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC POLYTECHNICS: IMPLICATION FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Abstract

The success of any educational process relies majorly on how effective and efficient the programmes curricular are implemented. This implementation is a function of how implementers who are the interface between the curriculum and students are favourably disposed to their work. This study, therefore, examined the influence of extrinsic motivation on curriculum implementation in public polytechnics using Federal Polytechnic, Ede, and Osun State Polytechnic, Iree as case study. The study employed descriptive survey design. The population size is estimated to be 685 comprising lecturers in Federal Polytechnic, Ede, and Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. The study made use of primary data which were collected through a structured questionnaire. The researcher administered questionnaire on a sample size of 253 respondents, and was able to retrieve 184 completely filled questionnaires, this represents a return rate of almost 72%. Therefore, 184 is the sample size of the study. Mean rating and standard deviation were used to analyze the tabulated data. Results shown that extrinsic motivational factors have influence on both curriculum implementation and lecturers’ commitment to work in public polytechnics. The study recommended that government should make policies and ensure its implementation on the provision of adequate extrinsic motivational factors for lecturers in public polytechnics towards effective curriculum implementation, and sizable percentage of internally generated revenue of public polytechnics should be directed to the provision of extrinsic factors of motivation to enhance lecturers’ commitment to their work.

Keywords: Business Education, Curriculum Implementation, Extrinsic Motivation, Polytechnic Lecturers.