Online Integrated Enrollment System
Online Integrated Enrollment System
Technology.
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INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
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sorts of data and information to ensure attainment of its goals and objectives. The
emerging needs in most schools for accurate and relevant data and reliable
information strengthen the student
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The literature and studies cited in this chapter tackle the different concept,
understanding, and ideas, generalization or conclusions and different development
related to study of the enrollment from the past up to the present and which serves as
the researchers guide in developing the project. Those that were also included in this
chapter helps in familiarizing information that are relevant and similar to the present
study.
Theoretical Background
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enrollment systems that helps the school for having an easier process of managing
student information.
Related Studies
Local Studies
Based on the researcher, a web-based enrollment system for Veritas Parochial School
(VPS) in Web Based enrollment system, Manila was developed to help its students
enroll in a more efficient way without the hassles of waiting long hours in filling out
forms, which sometimes become redundant, or to stand in line and pay at the cashier.
It is with the Web-based Enrollment System for VPS that this new style of enrollment
may be achieved. This new type of system offers its students new options for
enrolling at VPS. By logging on to VPS website, one can register and enroll subjects
for a school year. With these, all the students are required to fill out certain forms that
do not take more than a few minutes to accomplish. The system stores its records in
the school database for future references. Confirmation of the transaction made by the
students need to be verified, the payment of tuition fees must be made in the schools
registrar. The students may also browse the web site of VPS and he can check his
current account. He can also refer to the list of the school current tuition fee rates
(Pascual & Riceo, 2008) According to Lopez (2005), a registration system helps and
provides efficient and reliable services to the students, enrollment personnel and
administration. Moreover, this system improved the process of enrollment in terms of
searching, retrieving and subject schedules. While in a study conducted by Cayabyab
(2007), many problems and difficulties were identified in the existing system of
Dagupan City National High School (DCNHS). These major concerns are affecting
the efficient enrollment system of students. Security of the students records were
found to be at high risk. The current system may fail to protect some important
documents. It has also untimely and inefficient report generation. A computerized
system for DCNHS shall result to a significant increase in the number of enrollees
Network-Based Enrollment system Conde (2007) in his study entitled “Network-
bases Enrollment System of Paete National High School cited that the manual process
of enrollment and manual handling of information and reports of the students is very
laborious one. The proponents developed a network based system enrollment system
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to the said school to solve the huge amount of task. Garcia (2002) created the “LSPC
Enrollment System”, the study can be a great help to persons concerned during the
enrollment period, the registrar, instructor of the students as they retrieval necessary
information when needed and lessen the burden manually browsing over enrollment
slip for record purposes Saayo et.al (2008) developed the system “Network based
automated Enrollment and grading system for Morong National High School. Due to
increasing population of the institution, and the school currently implementing the
manual system, every student spends a lot of time during enrollment period, such as
paying their tuition fees and processing the school requirements. Valina et.al (2009),
in this work entitled “Network-based student Permanent Record keeping and
Enrollment System of Balian National High School”. This System was made to lessen
the time and effort exerted by both student and school employees. It is also made to
give accurate reports and keep records of every students every students and for easy
and fast way of enrollment. Soria (2006), constructed a system entitled “Network-
based Computerized inventory System for the supply office o the LSPC main campus.
With the advancement of technology, devices and machines were improve ,
developed and inverted to cope up with the need of new world. There are different
systems designed for reliable, efficient and very useful to the user. Cabang et al.
(2003) developed the ‘computerized Students Record Monitoring System of Siniloan
National High School”, Computerized Student data will be exceedingly helped to the
user through continuous management of the School. It could help the registrar for a
less effort services in the institutions especially in updating, printing and deleting
student’s record. Velasco (2002) Study entitled “Maulawin National High School
Student Information System” cited that maintaining students, records manually is a
very difficult task and time consuming. In that case, computerization system that can
help and handle 17 this data needed to speed up the process of student’s record
keeping and to promote and reliability. Cura et al. (2004), Designed system entitled
“computerized inventory system of office of the supply in LSPU” is capable of
handling voluminous data about the flow of item insurance and reply to the flow of
items’ issuance and return in supply office Torres et al. (2002), conducted a study that
resolves around the importance computerization of student information. This study
was conducted with the hope that it would help minimize time and effort in
processing student’s information in Maulawin National High School. The basic
feature of this study is after the storage and access of retrieving and updating the data.
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Alcaira (1999), stated that the using of computer are continue to grow, the need for a
more timely information and data processing comes on demand keeping the record of
any manual operations need the application, because handling it manually will only be
conflicting. Aravia et al. (2002), show the growing importance of computers in the
society. The significance of the study revolves the automation of student permanent
record keeping. Garnace (1999), developed application software for the computerized
information system of a commercial piggery using the concept of the database and
implemented it in database.
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Visual Basic 6.0. This conducted system goes along the trend of computerization to
be in the field of competitiveness and survive to the complicated works. Relayo
(1999) this study will assist the researcher regarding to the use of database and Visual
Basic. This system have been designed in order to speed up the access and retrieval
information and to lessen manual effort involve in the library routine of transaction.
Magalang (2003), he proposed this to developed software that will help the
management of the school “lyceum’ in giving good service to its student in speeding
of the process involve in monitoring account acquired during the enrollment & other
payment transaction. Lazaro (2004), this study entitled “Liceo de Los Banos record
monitoring system” password was created for the protection and was designed to be
user-friendly by only authorized persons and to ensure security of data basic
information. Lumbers (2002), stated in her study entitled “a systematic enrollment
process using database system in Saint John academy. Calamba, Laguna” that the
application of database system to the enrollment process will greatly increase its
efficiency; automation of enrollment process will upgrade the quality of the services
provided for the qualified enrollees. Online enrollment system An Online Registration
System was proposed to replace the manual enrollment system of Cavite Maritime
Institute in order to advance an organized flow of transaction and an ease of work
concerned on how the manual enrollment performs throughout the institution’s
operations. The numerous transactions that the manual system covers, such as
updating and adding student records, generating the advising and assessment slips,
and the like considering the manual operating system to be inefficient for the need of
the institution. Since the study involves proper record handling, tracing the constraints
and evaluation of the manual system is essential (Bacala and Reano, 2009). In
educational institutions like Harvent School in Dagupan City, Composed of
elementary and high school level. The school puts premium to its registration. The
enrollment process is the initial stage in gathering bonafide fide and accurate student
information necessary to establish student permanent records. A registration and
billing system is needed by the institution to address the stated situation. The study
has been made to help Harvent School gather fast and deliver accurate information
(Calabozo & Fernandez, 2006) Online enrollment system is utilized today by many
universities to facilitate the enrollment of their students into classes every semester
(Gaton, 2012). The system allows students to choose courses they want to take with
the available class schedules. This allows students to make up their time schedules for
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different class courses without time schedule conflicts. After the allotted enrollment
period, the system runs and assigns slots to students. With the Online Registration
System, students could log in, check their schedule, and set desired changes and pay
online without having to stand in a line and rushing to meet deadlines to accomplish
all the transactions required for enrollment (Ella, 2012). The Online Registration
System is a method designed to perform the process involved in registration, advising,
assessments, and payments of students as well as scheduling of classes in any
educational institution. According to Aquino (2005), importance of computer
application is increasing day by day. In the latest decades of the millennium winning
organizations are those which are willing to integrate business strategy and
information technology in plying their respective trades. The use of information
technology results for them to be able to develop products fast and make decisions
fast, ability to have fluid organization structures, able to cope with the demanding
work force and external environment by the rapid development of innovative
approaches, and lastly, using information system confirms the company’s vision and
mission. Schools use information systems in the way of implementing an enrollment
system. This results for them to attract enrollees and earn an income. Enrollees are
attracted because the use of the said system makes the transactions faster and easier.
Alcuaz (1988) stated that the use of computer can give competitive advantage and
improve profitability. Computer helps to increase the productivity of people. This is
true whether they are working alone or working with others within a formal
organization such as business corporations. As said by Adrian(2011), “Lack of
enrollment system in schools can lead to chaos and troubles.” Students will be
confused on what they should do to be able to enroll that is why such systems is
extremely useful in the way that it gives an ease on working on enrollment processes.
Enrollment is very useful in retrieving vital information of the students. Without it can
lead difficulty both for the administration of school and student in enrollment
processes Many countries today, especially the developing nations are challenged by
the rapid technological changes. This has radically changed the living and working
styles of the entire society. This transformation has been driven partly by rapid
technological innovation. While in the 20th century, people saw the rise of the
industrial revolution with steam-powered machines intensifying and expanding
human productive power, the 21st century was characterized by the birth of machine-
powered flight and the emergence of broadcasting and computer technologies that
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extend the reach of human creativity even more and made new ways possible by
which humans could live and work together (Tinio, 2002). The transformation of
manual enrollment transaction to automate and now into a web-based automation is
one example of what was driven partly by the rapid technological innovation. Any
ways just to make work easier and faster like enrollment transactions is possible with
the emergence of computer technologies. Technology innovation had influenced
man’s work from data processing, business transaction, research, planning,
monitoring and even in medical operation on human anatomy are now entrusted to
computer technology. Web applications are popular due to ubiquity of its
applications. The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing
and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers are key reasons
for its popularity. A significant advantage of building web applications to support a
standard browser feature is the ability to perform as specified, regardless of the
operating system installed on a given client (Bacala &Reanno, 2009). Web-based
enrollment system A web-based enrollment system has features that meet most of
academic institutions system’s needs and requirements. This includes standardized
modules for student registration, enrollment, grade management, and other modules
that are deemed necessary to operate a school. Based on the researcher, a web-based
enrollment system for Veritas Parochial School (VPS) in Web Based enrollment
system, Manila was developed to help its students enroll in a more efficient way
without the hassles of waiting long hours in filling out forms, which sometimes
become redundant, or to stand in line and pay at the cashier. It is with the Web-based
Enrollment System for VPS that this new style of enrollment may be achieved. This
new type of system offers its students new options for enrolling at VPS. By logging
on to VPS website, one can register and enroll subjects for a school year. With these,
all the students are required to fill out certain forms that do not take more than a few
minutes to accomplish. The system stores its records in the school database for future
references. Confirmation of the transaction made by the students need to be verified,
the payment of tuition fees must be made in the schools registrar. The students may
also browse the web site of VPS and he can check his current account. He can also
refer to the list of the school current tuition fee rates (Pascual & Riceo, 2008)
Foreign Studies
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According to Lopez (2005), a Registration system helps and provides efficient and
reliable services to the students, enrollment personnel and administration. Moreover,
this system improved the process of enrollment in terms of searching, retrieving and
subject schedules. While in a study conducted by Cayabyab (2007), many problems
and difficulties were identified in the existing system of Dagupan City National High
School (DCNHS). These major concerns are affecting the efficient enrollment system
of students. Security of the students records were found to be at high risk. The current
system may fail to protect some important documents. It has also untimely and
inefficient report generation. A computerized system for DCNHS shall result to a
significant increase in the number of enrollees Network-Based Enrollment system
Conde (2007) in his study entitled “Network-bases Enrollment System of Paete
National High School cited that the manual process of enrollment and manual
handling of information and reports of the students is very laborious one. The
proponents developed a network based system enrollment system to the said school to
solve the huge amount of task. Garcia (2002) created the “LSPC Enrollment System”,
the study can be a great help to persons concerned during the enrollment period, the
registrar, instructor of the students as they retrieval necessary information when
needed and lessen the burden manually browsing over enrollment slip for record
purposes Saayo et.al (2008) developed the system “Network based automated
Enrollment and grading system for Morong National High School. Due to increasing
population of the institution, and the school currently implementing the manual
system, every student spends a lot of time during enrollment period, such as paying
their tuition fees and processing the school requirements. Valina et.al (2009), in this
work entitled “Network-based student Permanent Record keeping and Enrollment
System of Balian National High School”. This System was made to lessen the time
and effort exerted by both student and school employees. It is also made to give
accurate reports and keep records of every students every students and for easy and
fast way of enrollment. Soria (2006), constructed a system entitled “Network-based
Computerized inventory System for the supply office o the LSPC main campus. With
the advancement of technology, devices and machines were improve , developed and
inverted to cope up with the need of new world. There are different systems designed
for reliable, efficient and very useful to the user. Cabang et al. (2003) developed the
‘computerized Students Record Monitoring System of Siniloan National High
School”, Computerized Student data will be exceedingly helped to the user through
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continuous management of the School. It could help the registrar for a less effort
services in the institutions especially in updating, printing and deleting student’s
record. Velasco (2002) Study entitled “Maulawin National High School Student
Information System” cited that maintaining students, records manually is a very
difficult task and time consuming. In that case, computerization system that can help
and handle 17 this data needed to speed up the process of student’s record keeping
and to promote and reliability. Cura et al. (2004), Designed system entitled
“computerized inventory system of office of the supply in LSPU” is capable of
handling voluminous data about the flow of item insurance and reply to the flow of
items’ issuance and return in supply office Torres et al. (2002), conducted a study that
resolves around the importance computerization of student information. This study
was conducted with the hope that it would help minimize time and effort in
processing student’s information in Maulawin National High School. The basic
feature of this study is after the storage and access of retrieving and updating the data.
According to Jennifer Rowley (2005), information systems are a tool to support
information management. Information systems are increasingly being used in
organizations with the objective of providing competitive advantage. The information
systems used by organizations can be grouped into different types such as transaction
processing system, management information system, decision support system,
executive information system, expert systems and office information system.
Information Technology has heralded the advent of the information society. The
information society may be a “virtual society”. The concepts of the electronic
classroom, the electronic office and electronic library have been explored.
Information system poses a number of issues on society in general, including:
changing employment patterns, archiving, and bibliographic control, security and data
protection, intellectual property, marketplace issues and access. An registration
system is basically included in one of the classification of information system that is
stated by the author, thus it serves as a tool to support information management with
regards to the student data, enrollment fees information and other with a connection to
the enrollment process. Every school gain competitive advantage of having this
system for they will have the capacity on handling important information at ease and
with security. The iterative implementation approach is a theory that eliminates
problems of using a waterfall study. This is invented to avoid a linear and sequential
development of study. The overall functionality of the system is broken down into
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feature sets. These features sets often based upon use cases from the analysis stage,
containing group of individual features that are related, typically by a functional area
(Stephen McHenry, 2010) Adopting the theory of Stephen McHenry which is known
as the iterative implementation covers the breakdown of overall functionality of the
system to a what he called feature set and those feature sets represents different
process involve in an enrollment system. It helps locate what feature an enrollment
system will have since that this kind of systems does many activities and processes.
As said by Dunn and Scott (2005), science and technology is the root of emerging
innovations in this world. For many years now, a person in this field of expertise does
not stop to reshape the landscape of today’s business world. Enrollment system has
made huge impact into the school arena. It is a system that is built on innovative
program strategies. It is a system that will help both the enrollment personnel-in-
charge and the students to easily process the enrollment at a lesser time. Distinct from
traditional enrollment, LAN enrollment system process large assortment of student
records and provides efficient and consistent information services. As stated by
Holmes (2006), “The Internet is neither an extraordinary communication tool nor
revolutionary. It simply represents the current stage in the development of human
capabilities through written language, which itself derived from the spoken form.”
That statement only shows that advancement in modern technology is at their highest
peak. Nowadays, Web-based applications are widely used due to their ubiquity. Web-
based enrollment system is currently emerging on markets for they are offering
transaction convenience and service efficiency through the use of Internet. This
system becomes a powerful tool in dealing with information management regarding
enrollment transactions. According to Forman (2007), continuing innovation in
technologies can lead to organizational changes that range from improvement of day
to day operation and for easy access it provides for the end users. Many schools today
have adapted this innovation in offering of their services which is parallel with the
concept of Tinn (2001), stated that the computerization responded to the call the
office or any workplace to help their daily operation. Malolos et.al (2002) stated that
the study of automation is important in the sense time it minimizes the time and effort
normally exerted in manual process. While Janes (2001) stated that computers are
extremely reliable device and very powerful calculators with some great accessories
applications like word processing problem for all of business activities, regardless of
size, computers have three advantages over other type of office equipment that
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process information because computer are faster, more accurate more economical.
Reyes (2005) task would be time consuming to accomplish manually and more
practical with the aid of computers field in cabinet. According to Flores (2002), the
automation is described simply as the substitution of machine control of human.
Dioso (2001) stated that computer assist careful intelligent planning, organizing,
actuating and controlling .This maybe observed from the past that they monitor
production activities, solve scientific problem and help arrive in tentative answer to a
multitude of involved conditions. Ralph M. Stair (1999) emphasized that the
development of technology through the years have enabled us to do more with less
effort. From the orientation of the light bulb to the industrial revolution and beyond,
we have continuously tried to in a more efficient means of doing tasks. Lewis (2002)
stated that the reason for using computers vary from person to person. Some of the
computers in business are to perform accuracy, to be as productivity, to decrease
bottle necks or hassles to alter cash flows or to simplify elevate your status. Gold
Chager et al (2003) said that computer as a device for processing information knew
computer plays a significant role in their lives, but few are aware of just how
pervasive role is. Mane (2000) mentioned that the creation of the computer made the
easier to accomplish task than by doing it manually, to have the direct access on
straightforward answer just monitoring record where in the needs of computer make
possible for everyone to get data in a particular need. We can consider that the
computer is necessary and it is a productive tool for individual. Gurewich (1999)
stated that the database system makes the work faster for every institution. For the
mere fact that instead of doing things manually, with the use of computer technology
everything is done faster. Computer- Based Enrollment system Halili, M.C.N. (2004)
that man’s actions are just involuntary movements especially when time allow to plan
his next action. These responses pass through the process of reasoning and analysis.
Huntchinson et.al (2001) stated that file is a collection of related records. Examples
are the entire student’s courses card for Anthropology 101 or the transcript of all
courses in the register’s office. Bryan (2006) emphasized the information system is a
set of people, procedures and resources that collects, transforms and disseminates
information in an organization to do’s ends rely on many types of information system
(IS). They might include simple manual information system and informal system and
also computer based information system that uses hardware, software
telecommunication and other forms of information technology (IT). Sander (2002)
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computers are an intelligence amplifier that can free human to use their time
effectively. Because a computer is a fast and accurate electronic symbol or data
manipulating system that design automatically accept and store input data process and
procedure output results under the direction of the stored program or instruction.
Tows and (2005), stated that database is instructed collection of data. The data may be
about people, product events in short, any type of information is to manage the
collection of data for reporting and making decision. Adamski (2007), give some
advantages of database processing first economy of scale getting more information
from some amount of data, sharing data balancing conflicting requirement,
enforcement of standard, controlled redundancy consisting integrity security
,flexibility and responsiveness ,increase programmers productivity, improve program
maintenance and data independence Perkins (1999) stated that computer has an
impressive impact upon business, governmental organization; bank and all sorts of
organization and on how they are operate and manage. Alcaria (2004) explained that
the use of computer are continue to grow, the need for a more timely information and
data processing comes on demand keeping the records of any manual operations need
the application of computer because handling it manually will only be conflicting.
Kroenke (2002) in the early 1970’s database processing was considered an esoteric
subject of interest only to the longest corporation with the largest computer.
Information system-Database System Concept Today, database processing is
becoming an information system standard. Silberschatz (2006) in his book “” the goal
of database system is to simplify and facilitate access to data.In relation to Ahitud
et.al (2007) mentioned that information system are more collection of hardware,
software and people. They should be constructed to fit the organization’s strategy and
structure so that it could easily be adapted to the information they needed. Asumbra
(2002) Access to information is the best way to. In line with technology access to
information within fingertips is the easier way to be equipped in the future. While
Hammer (2003), said that computer could eliminate the need for copying and
rearranging information, which was entered into system. They also perform
mathematical computation; in short computer can eliminate most of the paper works.
Microsoft Corporation (2002), explained that computer network are collection of
computer and intelligent peripheral equipment that are inter connected by telephone
lines, micro wave relays and other high-speed communication links of the purpose of
exchanging data and sharing equipment. Cognos-based enrollment management
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system Southern California Community College Long Beach City College has gone
live with a Cognos-based enrollment management system that was designed by Irvine,
CA-based professional services firm e2e Analytic. Prior to installing the new system,
LBCC, which has two main campuses and multiple satellites that support nine schools
and 34 departments, handled its enrollment via manual spread sheets. With no
reporting, continuity, or standard practices, and with lengthy error corrections, the
school’s enrollment management budgeting and planning took up to three months to
compile, consolidate, and implement (Koft 2007) The study on problems regarding on
school such as the Long Beach City College is an aid for the proponents to have the
idea on formulating solutions on transferring manual enrollment transactions to an
automated or computerized one. According to the coordinator of Admission Support
of Kerian Greenaway, the system known as the Edith Cowan University Web
Enrollment System (ECUWES) had replaced the traditional hard copy system of
enrollment. The system offers immediacy and convenience of course enrollment via
the internet. The said university in Australia is currently enrolling more than 5,000
new students with easier transactions cause of their online enrollment system. In the
local setting, academic institutions both the private and government schools are
shifting from manual to computerized system including student registration. This is
accomplished either on an intranet or internet-based environment. The desire to
overcome these problems and difficulties has led the acceptance of advanced
technology. It includes Local Area Network of computers, CD ROM and powerful
processor. These technologies led to the development of information databases that
provides simple and prompt retrieval of information through networking, In Local
Area Network Enrollment System (LANES), the problems on admission and
evaluation of academic records, subject reservation, assessment and payment of fees
and issuance of class cards are besieged. Likewise, searching of records is effective
due to its major key that is being used in retrieval of records. A Local Area Network
Enrollment System (LANES) is a broad system. It is a combination of different
function areas such as databases, searching, retrieval, and update of student records,
checking of students’ schedule, computation of fees. (Dzubeck, Frank, 2003) Inspired
by the advancement of modern technology and the problems regarding enrollment
transactions the proponents have come up with an online enrollment system
exclusively for school with many enrollees. Several factors are considered in
designing the proposed system. First is the tedious task of filling out application forms
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and inaccuracies of information provided by the students that cause delay on the
enrollment process. Other is that were problems on giving and announcing schedules
of enrollees and cause for them to be late at their very first class. The researchers
gathered data necessary in the enrollment system for the success of the study in
providing benefit for the employees and students so they can have access and have the
ability to manage information directly and conveniently. A software development and
IT service firm implemented its catalyst in Governor Andres Pascual College was
integrated web platform to provide content management, transaction processing,
marketing, and interactive community function to the two rice schools. Catalyst
deliver on the Jones school’s two primary criteria for selecting a web-based platform:
simplifying content management; and enabling user response to information such as
event RSVP and course registration. The content management tools lets the Jones
school staff edit, update or add to the volume of curriculum and event information
without calling for technical assistance. They simply cut and paste document into the
content management system audit for consistency and publish to the web. The
school’s diverse audiences, which include MBA’s executive Mb As, executive
education participants, and alumni, now receives prompt notification of news and
events, and can RSVP for event or register online for Executive Education courses.
Synthesis
Similarities
With the above mention studies, Enrollment system of Veritas Parochial School used
web-based and databases to stores their records. Students will logging on website,
register and fill out certain forms. Liceo De Victoria Enrollment was developed and
implements using relational databases. As for Quiver (2001), who also developed a
program using database III which capable of retrieving, access in manipulating of data
in easy way. The study of Lumber (2002), which is all about the systematic
enrollment process using database in Saint John Academy, helps enrollment process
increase its efficiency. Bacala & Reanno (2009), in their study that tells the significant
advantage of building web applications to support a standard browser feature is the
ability to perform as specified. With Stephen McHenry (2010),using
WAMP(Windows Apache MySQL PHP is used to develop dynamic web sites with
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apache server, PHP5 script languages and database of MYSQL release 5. The studies
support the use of applications using the web so that students can access the websites.
The researchers used a database to increase the efficiency of registration procedures.
They also used it for purposes such as storing records or information of students and
access in manipulating data in an easy way. Using WAMP server and PHP languages
is one way for them to develop their system.
Differences
According to Ella (2012), the ideas and concept where the students will check their
schedule, view subjects and teachers and set desired changes and pay online. While
Gaton (2012), the system allows students to choose courses they want to take with the
available class schedules. This allows students to make up their time schedules for
different class courses without time schedule conflicts. After the allotted enrollment
period, the system runs and assigns slots to students. Both concept and ideas does not
cover the researchers system in terms of online payments or computation of student’s
grades, class scheduling, and assessment of fees.
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