Abstract
Most students in Sulu regard mathematics as hard subject and difficult to understand. Overwhelmed with negative attitude, the students have likely shown disinterest on mathematics and they therefore take for granted the subject and intend only to take the subject as requirement. According to Engineer Omar S. Arabani a former instructor at the Notre Dame of Jolo College in the early eighties, Sulu had been late 30 years in teaching mathematics compared to highly urbanized areas like Manila and Cebu. This means the textbooks used in Sulu are not updated and so with the knowledge and skills of the local faculty members in mathematics. If the knowledge level of the faculty members is quietly low, this tells us also how low the performance level of the students in general. Ranked far behind in teaching mathematics is the overriding factor why the student performance in mathematics is very low. The same reason why most students in Sulu cannot make in the national examination especially the Licensure Examination for the Teacher. Intervention to address this issue is very vital at this point of time.