TEACHERS MOTIVATION AND USE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN LOWER PRIMARY SCHOOL (YOLA SOUTH) ADAMAWA, NIGERIA

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UNESCO global monitoring report (2013) revealed that many countries experience a rapid expansion of their primary education sector in order to meet the demands of universal primary education, have experienced a shortage of well trained and skilled teachers. Teachers should be motivated because, without teachers there will be no achievement of the desired goals. When teachers are motivated he/she perform duties actively and conscientiously. The relationship between teachers’ motivation and use of mother was highly significant. The result indicated that motivated teachers tend to use mother tongue more often than less motivated teachers. This clearly shows that teachers’ motivation influences the use of mother tongue.