The research was based on the fact that the TPQ teachers should receive incentives differently depend on their
work motivation. The teachers who receive high incentives should also have high motivation to work compared
those who receive lower incentives; TPQ teachers can raise the motivation in teaching and encourage the action
towards a certain goal after getting encouragement in the form of incentive or certification. The purpose of this
study was to describe the work motivation on TPQ teacher, TPQ teacher’s certification, then to test whether
any discrepancy of motivation between those who received incentives with B and C certificate in Kuranji,
Padang. This study used a quantitative method with data analysis techniques by using two-independent�samples test which was processed with SPSS version 24.0 for Windows. A variable used in this research was
the work motivation. The population in this study was 93 TPQ teachers who are located in Kuranji, Padang
and 38 people were choosen to be the sample. The study used simple random sampling, the data were obtained
by using psychological scale, which is based on the Likert scale model; this study used a scale as a
measurement: motivation, and has a reliability of 0.740. Based on the results of data analysis, it shows that
the Independent Sample T-Test with tcount> t table (0.688> 0.05) then the hypothesis Ho is accepted, which is
meant there is no discrepancy in work motivation among teachers who receive B certification with those who
receive C certification in Kuranji District Padang.
Keywords: Motivation Training, Certification