This paper describes the influence of workload and motivation towards work efficiency of secondary
school teachers in Sabah. Teacher’s work load refers to the official duties or responsibilities that the
school has given to the teacher to be implemented whether inside or outside of the classroom.
Teachers’ work load can be divided into two that is the academic and non-academic duties. Teacher
motivation is an inducement in the teacher in performing the task assigned to them. Teacher’s
motivation is divided into two, namely intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. The efficiency of
teacher work performance refers to the way the teacher performing the tasks and responsibilities given
using various methods. Teacher’s workload will be influencing teacher’s motivation. Motivation of
teachers affected by the teacher’s workload will further influencing the teacher’s work efficiency,