Motivation is the influencing factor for an effective employee engagement in any sector of work. However, the role, function, influencing impact and outcome of motivation on employee engagement can vary from one industry to another. This review attempts to scrutinize the work done for employee engagement by motivating them in educational sector in comparison to other sectors. The framework used to explain the relation between employee engagement and motivation were, need-satisfaction, demand-resource. The audit finding showed that exceptionally restricted concentrate on zeroed in on the effect of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic) on employee engagement in the educational sector, although intrinsic and extrinsic motivation separately showed the relation between motivation and employee performance. The study covered different theories of employee engagement and motivation. It was determined that previous work is lacking on various fronts, i.e., personality and crosscultural differences in employee engagement and also the motivation crowding theory effect on employee engagement.