CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The background of the study is Federal College of Education
Abeokuta. Here is the brief history
about the college.
On
February 21, 1981, the then Governor of former Ogun State, Chief Gbenga Daniel,
announced the first provost and Registrar of the Institution. On 23rd December 1982, the Anambra
State House of Assembly enacted a law retroactively establishing the
college. The law cited as the “Ogun State
of Nigeria how No. 28 of 1982” Came into force on 21st February
1981.
The aim of the
college as set out in the law establishing it include:
(i)
To organize, improve and develop courses
of science and training various categories of teachers.
(ii)
To promote research and advancements of
science and leasing.
(iii)
To serve as a center for educational
research especially as applied to local conditions.
(iv)
To organize, improve and extend
education of standard higher than secondary school level.
(v)
To encourage all closes and communities
without any distinction to pursue liberal course of education.
After
the announcement of the establishment of the college of Education, Abeokuta by
the Governor with effect from 21st February, 1981, a temporary
office with skeletal staff was opened at an office around the then Abeokuta
Television (ATV) Independence Layout, Enugu.
On 7th
August, 1981, the then Abeokuta State commissioner for Education and the then
permanent secretary to the ministry took the newly appointed provost and
Registrar to the present site of the college at Abeokuta, about 64 km, the Ogun
state capital. The site was formerly
occupied by the federal Government owned Teacher Training College (TTC),
Abeokuta.
When
the Federal Government handed over the facilities of the college to the Ogun
State Government, it decided to use the facilities to establish and run the
college of Education Abeokuta.
On
1994, it was handed over to Federal Government again and became Federal college
of Education Abeokuta under the Governance of the Executive Governor of Ogun
State, Hon. Gbenga Daniel.
The
ultimate goal of any establishment is effectiveness. This is achieved only when is/are proper
co-ordination of activities between the various units that comprises the
system. This coordination is even more
important in institution of higher hearing especially at the students,
admission, where the desired end is to bring in students who will at the end of
the day acquire knowledge that will help the entire society.
Ineffectiveness
of diminish system could diminish its ability to relieve student’s tension,
frustration and worse still produce lethal consequences. Any measure therefore that can improve the
needed response of any institution and its general efficiency is most welcome.
An online students
admission system enables the staff in charge to get the students record foster,
therefore saving process precious time in student’s management.
In
an online institution’s admission’s admission system, the electronic machine
quickly retrieves any available information regarding to any student and
displays it within a short period of time.
Any
other enquiry concerning a student’s indebtedness to the school is responded to
promptly, computer could more accurately do staff duty roster.
Coding
the particulars of the staff into the computer does this and after, it can be
saved and will be available for retrieval at anytime. And because the documents are printed, and
information about each staff is contained and can be accessible to determined
how many hours in a week each works and then next he/he should be on seat. Thus reducing administrative work loud on the
staff.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The difficulties student and staff of admission department
usually force in any institution of higher learning made us to realize that
(computer aid) an online admission system is the best that can happen to
Federal college of Education Abeokuta.
This will save our school the embarrassment caused by students’
complaints at the end of the working day.
It was in the
view of this that Sundison (1994) pointed out that “a typical problem students
have had was moving from school to another school. In a modern society labour moves quite a bit
and many students change schools at least once in their lifetime. Every time new students were offered
admission into a school, there was a problem of which curriculum the previous
school had followed and therefore whether the previous level tallied with those
of the new school”.
Many
students neither know their right nor left at the admission level in the
institution. Admission had frustrated so
many students that some even roles a lot of lectures in pursuit of
registration.
1.3
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The original purpose of this study is to design and implement
an online students admission system in Federal College of Education
Abeokuta. Its purpose are to have the
following:
(i)
Efficient and safe storage
(ii)
Quick retrieval of records and
information
(iii)
Proper accounting and file keeping
(iv)
Quick response to any other enquires
(v)
Assist in result recording
(vi)
Assist in CCPA updating
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It is hoped that the result of this study will serve as tools
for helping students who wish to register for their NCE programmes, and will go
a long way helping the staff also. This
is easy to achieve since standard and tested computer programs handle all sort
of complex calculations, storage and retrieval of valuable information needed
fro the school.
Also, important
is the fact that records prepared with electronic machine can be stored as long
as needed in non-bulky and compact systems.
Works
has been done in many areas of computerization, in industry and commerce but
not much has been done in school administration and management
system/services. We have therefore done
this work to highlight the use of an online in the important area of student’s
services.
1.5
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This work is confined to the federal college of Education,
Abeokuta that is our area of research work.
This was done to attain a standard output that will be useful to both
students and as well as the staff of college.
It also helps in making a quick, accurate, efficient and reliable data
processing.