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THESIS TOPIC ABSTRACT FORM COLLEGE OF INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING SCIENCES

Proponent: Rommel M. Vidal

Program: Master of Science in Information Technology

Proposed Title/Topic of the Thesis Integrated Web-based Student Services and Account Management System of ICT-ED Institute of Science and Technology Inc. Campuses.

Background of the Proposed Topic Due to increasing number of campuses in strategic locations and significant increase in number of students in the past three years of operation, ICT-ED Institute of Science and Technology Inc. is striving to provide quality services to its clientele. Currently the institution has five existing branches and is still expecting to incur an increase or further development and progress in terms of student enrolment and infrastructure due to the demand in the Technical and Vocational programs which are offered by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). With the foregoing success of the institution, problems also arise. During the set-up and operation of its first branch, tracking of student profile, accounts and qualification records pose many problems since the institute is implementing a centralized record keeping procedure. The management then predicts that this problem will continue to arise in the future.

Since different branches will be continuously submitting bulk of students records each school year to the head office, delays, mishandling and loss of records will pose threats in the accuracy of students information and this kind of problems cannot be handled by the current system and cannot be solved by the current set-up. Hence the proposed study will help the institute to have an accurate and strong framework in record keeping, handling and disseminating accurate records to its end-users and among branches in different areas.

The proposed system will support and provide a better solution for the institute by providing an integrated and easy access to all student accounts and pertinent information at any branch thus making all ICT-ED Institute of Science and Technology campuses like a home campus for every student and client. With the integrated system, the proposed study will provide a better link and fast and accurate access to the records not only to the institutes personnel but also to the students by providing end-user interface for monitoring.

Republic of the Philippines BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Batangas City, Philippines www.batstateu.edu.ph Telefax: (043) 300-2202 Objectives The aim of this study is to characterize a web-based student service as to account management system problem and propose a better approach using the integrated account management system. The main objectives of this study are the following: Objectives must be specific and measurable, comparison of existing to the developed system should not be an objective anymore for it is already part of the analysis phase. 1. Develop a better student account and services management framework that will solve student account and services management problems ; 2. Define quantitative measure and solutions in student account and services management problems; 3. Develop Application Program Interface (API) that provide better record management system; 4. Compare proposed solution with the current implementations of ICT-ED Institute of Science and Technology.

Research Methodology Descriptive type of research in the field of Information Technology is normally discouraged. Systems development or network-related proposals are the commonly approved topics. The proponent plans to adopt the descriptive type of research and will use quantitative approach in attaining relevant ideas that will involve in the design proposal. In this scheme, the proponent will ask information in detailed questions regarding what they observed in actual to the institution. Proponent will also adopt quantitative approach at the same time which will observe particularly in numbers. This will give way to use the sampling method wherein data are to be manipulated by means of sample that will represent the whole population. Specifically, this research will cover the following: the research design and method, the respondents or subjects to be studied (which will include the sampling method), the data collection instrument, and the data analysis. Employees, the school administration, students and stake holders are the target respondents for this study. Every data to be gathered has a proof from the respondents. Proponent will interact on different participants which work are related to the proposed design. Data gathering tools such as surveys through the use of questionnaires and data sheets will be use to provide details and proof for data tabulations. Relevant literature will also be used to support the gathered findings.

TOPIC EVALUATION COMMITTEE Signature University President Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President for Research and Extension Remarks

Republic of the Philippines BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Batangas City, Philippines www.batstateu.edu.ph Telefax: (043) 300-2202 Director for Research College Dean Faculty Expert

Republic of the Philippines BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY Batangas City, Philippines www.batstateu.edu.ph Telefax: (043) 300-2202 COLLEGE OF INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING SCIENCES

(This will be provided by our office) Date: ________________

To the Thesis Topic Evaluation Committee

This is to formally endorse to you the Topic Abstract for the thesis/dissertation of Rommel M. Vidal , a graduate student of this college under the Master of Science in Information Technology program.

For your Evaluation and Approval.

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