STUDENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS INSTITUTE

Abstract

Success institution is a leading educational institute in Negombo, for the students from grade one to thirteen. It has got above 500 students altogether studying in different classes. The primary aim of the SUCCESS INSTITUTE is to provide solid academic assistance for students. Since the number of students is growing, and the management has to handle records of lots of students, it is facing lots of problems in maintaining the records of the students. Though it has used an Information System, it is totally a manual one. As a result there is a chance for more human errors like data redundancy, data inaccuracy and delay in decision making due to unavailability of timely reports and information. The web based Student Information Management System (SIMS) is built to overcome some of the problems and inefficiencies of the current manual system by automating the administration processes of the institute, such as: user management, Revenue and expenses management, content management, communication management, tracking and report generation. The system has adapted Model View Controller (MVC) architecture and Object Oriented techniques. In addition, Unified Modelling Language (UML) was used for analysis and design. PHP Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP) which is a server-side scripting language was used to build the system and Apache has been used as the web server, meanwhile MySQL was used to handle databases. Since this is a web based system, it could be operated either in Windows or Linux environment. The web based Student Information Management System has been designed to fulfill the user requirements. The system would assist the administration of Success Institute to work efficiently and enable profit maximization by monitoring and managing the processes.