The pace at which teachers are motivated for greater service is deteriorating in secondary schools is alarming.

The fall in performance and productivity of the secondary teachers is of great concern to the stakeholders.

Therefore, it examines the practical application of AI in lesson delivery, administrative duties, and student’s

assessments, as well as the challenges faced by educators in integrating these technologies in senior secondary

schools, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, Edo State. The survey research design was adopted. In collecting

the data for the research, the study made used of simple percentages parameters to draw up the population sample

size for the study which was collected from both primary and secondary source. Research questionnaire was

designed for the secondary school teachers in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government, Edo state. The finding of the

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Teacher Performance, Motivational Factor, AI- Powered assessment, Job

Performance

Education is one of the vital tools for emancipating mankind, such that each society puts alot of capital on it to

ensure that the entire generations acquires the necessary skills, knowledge and the desired attitudes critical for

future survival. However, owning to its value, the extent to which education is measured greatly anchors on

examinations scores, yet academic achievement also corresponds to teachers' performance. Thus, Secondary

schools are established to educate students to enable them contribute to the economic, political and social cultural

well-being of their country. In Ikpoba-Okha Local Government, Edo State, there appears to a hindrance in the

realization of objectives of secondary school. An important factor responsible for the non-attainment of the

education officers teaching in secondary schools also filled form but non-benefited from the loan. This game

added to the teachers’ frustration. Thus, the Nigeria teachers continue to render essential service to the nation

without adequate compensation by the Government.

Thus, there is need to motivate teachers in Edo State to enable them teach their students very well. Therefore,

the task of a performing teacher is to create a good classroom atmosphere that promotes effective students

learning and stimulate their creativity. In view of this great role, effort can be made by the teacher by adopting

any positive means to support the process of delivery quality teaching and learning experience. Such effort can

be the adoption of technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI). Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the stimulation

of intelligent processes in human beings by the computer systems. These systems are designed to perform tasks

that normally require human intelligence (Joiner, 2018) such as understanding natural language, solving complex

participate in live training events without travelling to any other place. It allows students to sit in the comfort of

their environment and listen to lectures. Students can participate in the lab exercises; ask questions with the

convenience of artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence provides such advantages and new ways of communicating, interacting, and assessing

information for both teachers and students. More so, it creates tutorials and interactive virtual assistance, systems

that can answer students’ questions, provide additional explanations, and guide students in real-time through the

learning process.

It is line with the above discussion that this study seeks to examine the impact of use AI as a motivational factor

in enhancing teachers’ job performance in senior secondary schools in Ikpopa-Okha Local Government area,

Edo state. Madiha (2023) emphasize that AI system usage in educational management has motivated and

perform this task. Hence, this study was carried out to examine the use of artificial intelligence as a motivational

factor in enhancing teachers’ job performance in senior secondary schools in Ikpopa-Okha Local Government

Area, Edo state.

For an effective and functional secondary educational to be achieved there is need for an artificial intelligence

system provides benefits for teachers by offering more flexibility about place, time and pace. That offer more

ways for interaction and motivation than traditional teaching and learning settings. Therefore, the need to take

cognizance of the performance of the inputs (teachers in this context) is very essential. However, in view of the

unhealthy government, private proprietors and school administrators attitude towards making much impact to

minimize the challenges mentioned.

Purpose of the Study

The purposes of this study are:

in senior secondary schools.

performance in secondary at Ikpoba-Okha Local Area.

The following questions are to be investigated:

1. What is the relationship between use of artificial intelligence and teachers’ job performance in secondary

teachers in secondary schools.

HO2: There is no significant relationship between the level of government and private proprietor to motivate

teachers to do their job.

The findings of this study will be of immense benefit to secondary school teachers, principals, Heads of

Departments, Government, Policy makers, supervisors, Curriculum planners and tertiary institutions if artificial

intelligence system fully implemented. In the same view it will be of great help to various Stakeholders, so as

to improve on the use of artificial intelligence to motivate and enhance teachers’ performance in secondary.

Some schools were selected through random sampling technique in order to examine the use of artificial

1. Permanent Teachers = 248

2. EdoSTAR Teachers = 169

3. Community Teachers = 21

4. Total = 438

This involves taking any portion of a population as representative of a whole. Thus, in understanding a research

of this nature where the population is relatively large, sampling becomes imperative. In the distribution of

questionnaires, representativeness is a primary objective; Respondents were selected by the use of simple

percentage parameter (%). The researcher used thirty per cent (30%) of the entire population, which is a fair

representation of the total population of the study to draw up one hundred and thirty one (131) population sample

size:

30% of 438

= 30/100 x 438

= 131.4

area, Edo State. In collecting the data for the research, the study made used of simple percentage parameter to

draw up the population sample size for the study.

Research questionnaire was designed for the secondary school teachers in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area

of Edo State, this was divided into three (3) sections; section A, was on staff Bio-data, section B, was on

hypothesis one, section C, was on hypothesis two. The simple random sampling techniques was used, this is

because the technique gives equal opportunity to each teachers of secondary schools in Ikpoba-Okha Local

Government Area. The method allows every teaching staff irrespective of the grade level to participate in the

data collection process.

Questionnaires was administered to these one hundred and thirty one (131) staff, one hundred and twenty six

(126) questionnaires were completed, but about six (06) were not properly filled, and so were rejected. In the

Thus, in effect to see the relationship between motivation and teachers’ performance and productivity with the

idea that motivation is the independent variable while performance and productivity is the dependable variables.

480

significance is 12. 592 Therefore, from the computation above, X

statistical calculated value of 131.4 is greater

than X

critical (tabulated value) if 12.592.

this has proven that, there is significant relationship between the use of AI system as a motivational factor and

high level of performance and productivity “among teachers” in secondary schools in Ikpoba-Okha Local

Government Area of Edo State

Based on the findings of this study, it was analysed and concluded that there is significant relationship between

the use of AI system as a motivational factor and high level of performance and productivity “among teachers”

in secondary schools in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State

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