Ogunjimi, Mayowa OlurotimiOlujuwon, TolaUdofia, Imoh Godwin2019-06-102019-06-102018-110189-241Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2100Motivation is understood as a concept of management practice used to enhance productivity at work place. Therefore, this study examines the motivational needs and career aspirations of in-service teachers of Lagos State junior secondary schools. The study is a descriptive survey research design. the population of the study consists of all in-service teachers of Lagos State junior secondary schools that are undertaking sandwich degree programmes while a sample of 240 in-service teachers was selected purposively across each of the six educational districts in the State. A self-constructed questionnaire titled "In-Service Teachers' Motivational Needs and Career Aspirations Questionnaire" (ITMNCAQ) was used for data collection. The Cronbach Alpha reliability value of the instrument is 0.73. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the stated hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that counselling by people around and family members is the most significant motivational needs of in-service teachers while the highly rated career aspiration is finding stable economic security in teaching. A significant relationship was established between motivational needs and career aspirations of in-service teachers. It was recommended that in-service teachers motivational needs in the teaching profession should influence the way schools prepare and plan their curricula. The school management should increase the number of developmental programmes and develop career counselling strategies to enhance in-service teachers self-efficacy in several aspects of the teaching profession.enMotivationCareer AspirationIn-Service Teacher TraineesSandwich Education programmeArticle