ALAH, KENN-AKLAH FRANCISCA UYOUKIEMA2024-08-212024-08-212023-12-19https://teras.ng/api/asset/document/931fd88c-dc36-41fd-ad89-0bca4161bf62https://teras.ng/catalog-item/a8ee49df-93b9-4e96-b8b0-a4df37cdc58dhttp://dspace.teras.ng:4000/handle/123456789/45766This study examined the relationship between supervisors’ motivational indices and teachers’ service delivery in secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria. Seven research questions were raised to direct the study, andseven hypotheses formulated to guide it. The correlationalresearch design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 8,519 teachers in public secondary schools in Cross River State. The sample of the study comprised 634 teachers selected from public secondary schools across the three Education Zones in Cross River State using stratified sampling technique.A self-structured questionnaire tagged “Supervisors’ Motivational Indices and Teachers’ Service Delivery Questionnaire (SMITSDQ)” was used for data collection.The instrument was face-validated by experts in Educational Supervision and Measurement and Evaluation. The instrumentwasalso trial-tested to determine their internal consistency using the Cronbach Alpha method. The reliability coefficients realized ranged from .77 to .88. These figures indicated that the items were reliable to be used for the study. Simple Linear Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Multiple Linear Regression analysis and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were used for data analysis. The results of the analysis revealed thatsupervisors’ provision of teaching materials, provision of monetary incentives, supervisors’ feedback mechanism, supervisors’ provision of opportunities for professional development, supervisors’ performance evaluation and supervisors’ recommendation of teachers for promotion individually and jointly predicted teachers’ service delivery in public secondary schools in Cross River State. Based on this result, it was concluded that in order to improve the improve the level of teachers’ commitment to effective instructional delivery in the classroom, induce them to positive behaviour towards students’ assessment in the schools, improve their level of commitment to effective classroom management, and improve their efficacy in students discipline in public secondary schools in Cross River State, there is need for principals as instructional supervisors to adopt appropriate motivational models to arouse teachers’ morale towards quality service delivery.It was recommended that principals should ensure adequate provision of modern teaching materials to teachers, make conscious efforts to provide timely feedback to teachers on their performance, andput in place effective and fair staff appraisal process in secondary schools in Cross River State. It was also recommended that government should ensure adequate provision of funds in secondary schools in Cross River State to allow principals provide hard working teachers with monetary incentives. These measures will boost the enthusiasm and dispositions of teachers towards quality service delivery in the schools.postgraduate