Abstract:
Education should ensure development of an all-round person. Co-curricular activities are very important and essential part of education. The activities prepare learners to be holistic. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of motivation on teachers’ involvement in co-curricular activities in public secondary school in Matungulu sub-county, Machakos county, Kenya. The study employed descriptive survey design and targeted 34 public secondary schools and the corresponding principals and 380 teachers in Matungulu sub-county. Data was collected using questionnaires and observation checklists. Quantitative data was coded and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, percentages and frequencies with the help of SPSS. The data was presented in form of charts and frequency tables. Qualitative data was presented as per the study objective. The study revealed that motivation of teachers involved in co-curricular activities was very essential. The study recommended that there was need for principals to institute mechanisms of motivating teachers through provision of co-curricular facilities. The recommendations for further study were that the study can be replicated in public primary schools in Matungulu sub- county since this was done in secondary schools
