DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE COURSE REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS OF ABIA STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), AROCHUKWU, NIGERIA

Abstract

Presently,Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu maintains a paper based registration system.Consequent upon this,the College has to use money to print registration form and Students on the other hand have use substantial amount of time and effort in the course of registration; the time that could have been used to engage in meaningful  academic activities.To solve the above mentioned problem, the researchers set out to develop an online students registration system. With this system student can register courses at anywhere and at any time. The process of development of the registration system (portal) began with capturing data on the system requirements from both staff and students.This was followed by the formulation of both functional and non-functional requirements of the system based on the information gathered.The registration system was then developed. The system has two major modules;the front-end and the back-end.The front-end enable students to login and register courses while the back-end is for storage of students’ registered courses as well as other students registration related data. The system used WordPress as the Content Management System(CMS).The system was evaluated by students and staff in the registry department. The result of the evaluation showed that the online registration system is effective and efficient. Based on this result, the evaluators recommended the use of the developed system for student’s course registration in Abia State College of Education (Technical) Arochukwu.