Motivation plays a significant role in everything we do. Without motivation it would be hard for people to perform routine work, set an aim in life, work towards its accomplishment or even spend time with family and friends. Motivation is required at each phase of life and especially for students, it’s very important as it will show them the path to work, discipline their life and provide them zeal to accomplish their objectives. In this paper, we are discussing various parameters that affect student’s motivation and thus monitor their individual accountability. Student motivation affects every aspect of college life, from attendance to academic performance, to extra-curricular activities. Also, teachers have to establish a cooperative atmosphere in their work with a class, among the students, with their colleagues in school, with parents and also within the broader community. In today’s time, all the colleges are continuously under pressure to improve test scores, responsibility, and accountability. Because of these pressures, teachers bombard students with the promise of rewards; stickers for good presentations, appreciation for completing assignments and projects on time etc. Thus the importance of motivation has been stressed. Various research has been done in the subject in recent time and it is analyzed that motivation is one of the few factors that have an impact on everything we do and experience, for example with our work, family, friend and of course, the basic needs.