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INTRODUCTION
dealing with technology in every aspect of man’s life. With the information age merging
with the tech-boom, the world saw a rapid convergence towards technology usage across
is the type of learning that is formalizing the relay of information to a class through the
help of electronic resources. The use of computers and the Internet forms the major
component of E-learning. It can also be termed as a channel that will enable the
transfer of skills and knowledge, and the delivery of education is made to a large number
of recipients at the same or different times, despite the changes, the presence of cheating
is still present, whilst cheating and plagiarism in education are not new phenomena,
part of a multi-faceted approach to addressing the issue, technology may also have an
important role in preventing cheating. If it happens with the use of certain devices it is
In South Korea, due to the pandemic, they have implemented strict guidelines to
follow in order to prevent the wide spread of the virus. This also include the changes on
their educational setting, even though online schooling is not new in South Korea,
undergraduate students in Inha University that were caught cheating during their
midterm examination. The students gathered in groups of two to nine people, according to the
school, or used messenger services such as KakaoTalk or Telegram and phone calls to share
answers. The students changed the wording of their answers to avoid getting caught. The cheating
incident was reported by those students who didn’t participate in such act. The students who
Twitter exist. This account claims to help students who are stressed with workloads,
struggling with deadlines and are tired of substandard work. Its services range from
essay writing (including scripts, book amd movie reviews, etc.) to editing videos and
doing posters for fees of P500 and below. The very existence of this account were given
critics and raised concerns about supposedly promoting “academic dishonesty” and
“incompetence” among Filipino students who are supposed to do their own tasks. A
lawyer and academic similarly said that the account could be enabling “intellectual
dishonesty”. This can easily be abused by the students, which is not helping them nor
the society. It is like breeding mediocrity and incompetence when teachers are doing
In the local context, at Tagum City there has not been any study related to this.
The researchers have observed that during the new learning method, the online class, it
is hard to identify if the students do really cheat or does not during quiz and tests. The
main enemy that the teachers of the English Language won’t be able to easily conquer.
To date, there have been many researches conducted about the teacher’s
addition, there has not been a study conducted that explores the perception of the
English teacher’s perception on e-cheating. It is for these reasons that we, the
researchers, decided to conduct this qualitative phenomenological study in one of the
Private schools of the Division of Davao del Norte which is situated in Tagum City.
perceptions of the teachers towards this issue of e-cheating. This concern can affect the
teacher’s strategy upon how he or she can take action on this form of academic
dishonesty. Through this study, English Teachers and other persons that contribute
language learning would be given relevant idea and valuable suggestions as to how they