GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

                                                                                          ABSTRACT

The study on incentives and job satisfaction among music teachers in private secondary schools, Uyo Akwa Ibom State is poised to assess whether there are incentives or job satisfaction among music teachers in private schools. Three specific objectives are formulated to guide the study in order to examine the types of incentives given to teachers, to ascertain if music teachers are satisfied in their teaching career, and to examine if there is correlation between incentives and job satisfaction. A qualitative survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consisted of all music teachers from the selected 20 private secondary schools in Uyo. A self-structured questionnaire titled ‘Incentives and Job Satisfaction among Music Teachers in Private Secondary Schools in Uyo’ (IJSAMTPSSU) and was used for data collection. The instrument was validated and data collected were analyzed using frequency and simple percentage. Findings revealed that 75% agree that they are not given incentives, 55% agreed that they are contented with teaching job, while 95% agreed that apart from salary if monetary bonuses and other incentives are given to teachers by their employers, the outcome of the educational productivity would be very high and encouraging. In conclusion, it is revealed that incentives have a significant relationship with job satisfaction. The researcher recommends that incentive scheme.

KEYWORDS: Incentives, Teaching, Job satisfaction, Teachers, Private Secondary Schools and Uyo