DESIGN
AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONLINE
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND PAYMENT SYSTEM
(CASE
STUDY: FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ISHIAGU)
ABSTRACT
It is pertinent to say that students are
encountering problems in receiving their industrial training allowance. As a
computer science student, we have to take the lead while others follow. Setting
the pace in everything that has to do with computing is what matters so long as
I am concern. In a bid to put a stop to that, I have decided to develop a
workable website for the school that will enable the students receive their
allowance on any bank of their choice and visit any cybercafé all over the
world, log in and fill the necessary information without having to go to the
school bursary.
What motivated me is the way people travel from
far, in other to receive their allowance and go to the SIWES unit for their
cheque collection instead of receiving their money online. This website is
designed using ASP.NET and dream weaver. It is an interactive website. And it
is intended to provide the services that are mostly needed by the students for
their industrial training allowance. The students will now be in a better
position to receive their money and bank will submit to the industrial training
fund headquarter and/or institution the print out of the total number of
students whom they have credited their account for confirmation. Therefore
the purpose of this project is to design a system that will improve the speed
of processing the rate at which problem solving is achieved and eliminating
completely the problems encountered in the manual system of Industrial Training
Fund payment, whereby project will help the students to collect their money
without the risk of transporting from their various places of attachment down
to school. Also to convert the manual system of ITF payment, ascertain the
payment and the schools and so on, into a computerized system.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Industrial
Training program was introduced under the National policy by the federal
government in the year 1973/74 and supervised by the National Board for
Technical Education (NBTE). It is a training a student undergoes in the field
of his/her course of study in other to acquires more knowledge and be more
practical.
The
students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is a skill training program
that is designed by the federal government to expose and prepare students of
university, Polytechnic and colleges of education for industrial work situation
that they might likely meet before or after graduation. Before the
establishment of the scheme was a growing concern among our industrialists that
graduates of our institutions of higher learning lacked adequate practical
background studies preparatory for employment in industries.
The main objective of the
program is to bridge the gap between theories and practical by making it
possible for students to get themselves exposed to real jobs and actual job
situations and environments. It is therefore an important and mandatory
component of training in the accredited disciplines or courses like Computer
science, Engineering, Geology, and Agricultural Sciences, etc.
1.1 BACKGROUND HISTORY OF FEDERAL COLLEGE
OF AGRICULTURE, ISHIAGU
The
federal college of agriculture, Umudike now at Ishiagu as the training wing of
national root crop research institute situated at Umudike, in Abia State. She
still trains staff of NRCRI in Advance Certificate, National and Higher
Diplomas.
The relocation
of the college to Ishiagu in1993 made way for the establishment of federal
university of Agriculture now Micheal Opera university of Agriculture, Umudike.
Ishiagu
being the new location is quite suitable for academic and agricultural work.
Presently, the college occupies an area of 200 hectares.
Aims and Objectives
The
college will aims at excelling in every aspect of Agriculture and capacity
building of middle level manpower (ND and HND) in practical and theoretical
Agriculture. It has the under listed objectives for efficient performance and
achievement of the target.
To
develop and run training programmed that can produce self-reliant agriculture
technologies and technicians for the agricultural industry. M To meet NBTE
accreditation standards, expand and diversify programmed that are cost
effectives.
To
maintain a close link industries related to agriculture and ensure that our
products meet their needs. This will provide adequate SIWES places and
opportunities for some employment to our student in the private sector.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Since
the history of Federal College of
Agriculture, which has several departments, the school has undergo several
problems, which delay in paying ITF allowances which is be done manually.
We need
a set of simple and consistent
principles to govern the arrangements for the computerization of projects
conducted or completed under the Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITSP) and General Support
Programme (GSP) of the Innovation and
Technology Fund (ITF). This manual system of paying ITF allowances has led to
different problems such as:
v Prone
to human error/typographical error
v Unnecessary
delay in the payment of students and supervisor allowance
v Difficulties
of students in getting placement
v Inadequate
supervision
v Non-signing
of necessary materials like students’ log book at their places of attachment
v Risk of
transporting from students place of attachment down to their various schools
for collection of their allowance.
v This
research work was embarked upon to achieve certain aims which this study will
attempt critically to exhaust the subject of this study.
1.3 AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE
STUDY
The
aims/objectives of this study is to set and control standards of excellence and
effectiveness in and offer direct training of professionals, technicians, technologists
and entrepreneurs to meet the human resource needs for rapid industrialization
and sustainable economic development of Nigeria, relying on a corp of highly
motivated and competent professional staff using best of breed training
techniques and modern technology.
The
objectives/aims are as follows:
Ø Provision
of an avenue for students in institutions of higher learning to acquire
industrial skills and experience in their approved course of study.
Ø Prepare
students for the industrial works situation which they are likely to meet after
graduation.
Ø It
expose students to work methods and techniques in handling equipment and
machinery not available in their institutions.
Ø Provide
students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in real work situation
thereby bridging the gap between theory and practices.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
significance of this research work is to provides a reliable and efficient
platform for implementing e-payment directly to the account of the approved
participating students.
v To
ensure adequate funding of the scheme.
v Students
taking part in the students industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) are aware
of the objectives for which it was established primarily on issue of relating
theory to practice. They were usually eager to take part in the scheme because
it offers the students learning experiences which cannot be directly gained in
the class room.
v Establish
siwes and accredit siwes unit in the
approved institutions.
v Formulate
policies and guideline for participating bodies and institutions as well as
appointing siwes co-coordinators and supporting staff.
However,
this package will be of good use to all students, supervisors and ITF officers
and directors because it will saves time when information is be retrieved.
1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY
The
researcher is concerned with an online industrial training payment system. It
cover all the operations of SIWES department of the institution which is the
case study. It deals with the ITF e- payment allowances, supervision of
students, online filling of log- books.
1.6 ORGANIZATION OF STUDY
Chapter
two reviews the related literature under the following sub-headings: industrial
training fund, the review of the site, online students industrial training
fund, industrial training fund(ITF) new mode of payment, etc.
Chapter
three handles the system methodology analysis and design as follows: introduction, the user interface, hardware
and software requirements, user
documentation, system backup, system maintenance, etc.
Chapter
four is concerned with the system
implementation and programming.
Chapter
five comprises of summary, conclusion and recommendation.
1.7 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
There
are some limitations or constraints confronting this study, they are as follows
·
TIME: I have
a very little time to carry out this research this was the fact that I combine
the research work with my academic studies. You can agree with me that time
constraints is one of the limitations I experience while carry out this
research work.
·
FINANCE:
however, finance is another constraint I experience while carry out this
research. The inadequate of finance to carry out this research slow down the
research work. Despite the limitations every effort was geared towards
accomplishing this project.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Database
A
collection of different files in a specialized way for easy retrieval and
update.
Computer
An
electronic device capable of performing computations and making logical decisions
as speeds of times faster than human beings can.
Electronic Mail
It is a
means of computer-based communication in which an electronic letter is sent to
one or more recipient.
Hardware
These are
the physical components of the computer.
Home Page
This is
the page displayed each time web browser is opened.
Software
It used to describe all
programs that are written in a particularly computer installation and their
associated documents.
Program
It is a
set of instructions, which enables particular processes to be performed by a
computer.
Menu
This
provides the user with a number of options and a simple means of selecting
between them.
Computer Graphics
This
is a field of usual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate
visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial
information samples from the real world. This involves the use of pictures,
diagrams, graph, line drawing, animated cottons etc.