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Abstract

The paper is an application of the hierarchal achievement motivation model to teacher trainees in Nigeria universities as a predictor of their achievement outcomes and the quality of future teachers in Nigeria. The paper begins with the examination of the premises of the study: socio- economic status of teachers, achievement motivation of teacher trainees and the hierarchical achievement motivation model. Based on this model, the researchers went further to interpret the achievement motives of teacher trainees and the corresponding achievement related attitude and behavior. The last section of this paper examines the ultimate consequences on achievement outcome of teacher trainees and its implication for the quality of graduate teachers and manpower development in Nigeria. In conclusion, the researchers deduced some policy options from the research findings as means of enhancing the quality of graduate teachers in Nigeria