Abstract
The Government initiatives for teachers’ motivation have been evaluated and received positively by in –service primary and secondary teachers. However, little research has been done examining teachers perception of these government initiatives, particularly in- service teachers. The purpose of the current study was to explore the In-service teachers’ perception about the government incentives for improvement of Rwandan teachers’ welfare and teaching profession. Data collected from a sample of 673 in service teachers using questionnaires and interviews tools. Overall, most teachers rated government incentives as good initiative to motivate teachers. They also reported that promoted successful teaching professional. The results suggested that teachers were satisfied with government motivational to in-service teachers i.e most of the respondents agree on the statement that awarding the best teachers laptops is a good way to motivate teachers in order to perform their duties better, Giving teachers cows to encourage them to work harder, proving free lunch, horizontal promotion and bonus and providing accommodation,,,, but were moderately well satisfied with the salary,,. Finally data show that teachers were less satisfied overall with four important areas; not provision of sponsoring at least two children of each teacher, salary increment, insufficient budget allocated to Umwalimu SACCO, merit based scholarship ……, and finally they proposed a new way of motivating them by starting a ” teacher shop’’. The study recommends increase the salary of in-service school teachers to match increases in the cost of living and the provision of accommodation to teachers. The study also suggests areas for research and these included but not limiting to investigation of innovative teachers’ motivation strategies. Further recommendations for government and future research are described.