Teachers Motivation towards Teaching in Rural Indigenous Schools

Teacher's motivation plays a vital role in the success of teaching and learning process. Teachers who is teaching in the rural indigenous schools face several challenges as compared to the schools in urban area especially on the school conditions and the socio-economic conditions. Therefore, this study investigates on the teacher's motivation towards teaching in indigenous school in rural region of Hulu Perak district, Perak. This quantitative research design employed 100 teachers who work in the 4 indigenous schools located in the rural areas of Hulu Perak. The data was collected through survey questionnaire, a Google Form that consist of 3 sections; demographic details, motivation and teaching. Overall, the finding indicated that the respondents were motivated to teach regardless of the challenges they face in the rural indigenous school. In spite of the demand of extra time and energy, teacher's motivation have encourage teacher to be determine in teaching the rural indigenous school as they have high interest, attitude and motivation in the teaching profession