Theoretical Background

Alumni Website Study is an approach that enables higher education institutions to obtain
information about possible deficiencies in the educational process and the learning process and
can form the basis for planning activities for the improvement in the future. An Alumni Website
is a graduate or alumni survey that attempts to trace the activities of the graduates or previous
students of an educational institution.
Alumni Website study enables the contextualization of graduates of a particular
university through a system that is dynamic and reliable in order to determine their life path or
movement. It also enables the evaluation of the results of the education and training provided by
a particular institution and examines and evaluates the current and future career and employment
opportunities / prospects of graduates. Graduates job titles, years of employment, nature of
employment, income levels, and biographical data can be revealed through this studies.
The aim of the study was to determine graduates characteristics, the relevance of their
training to their tasks, and their perceptions of the curriculum of the Department of LIS at the
University of Botswana. The study revealed that the graduates were employed in traditional
library settings. The study also found that their training was relevant to the tasks that they
performed, although they advocated the strengthening of the information technology component
of the curriculum.
The main objectives of the alumni study were to: investigate the transition process from
higher education to: shed light on the course of employment and work over a five year period
after graduation; analyze the relationships between higher education and work in a broad

perspective which includes the fulfillment of personal goals such as job satisfaction and
objective measurement like job position, income, job security and the type of work; find out
what factors are important for professional success of graduates taking into account personal
factors like gender, work motivation, acquired qualifications during course of study and labor
market conditions; evaluate on the basis of the experience and views of graduates, central aspects
of the University, including resources, facilities and curriculum and get feedback for their
improvement; and identify key aspects of the continuing professional education of graduates, and
themes and kinds of courses, including extent, cost, location, reasons for participation, proposals
for University courses .In Nigeria an alumni tracer study was done for the Nigerian Teachers
Institute (NTI) which launched its Nigeria Certificate in Education by ODL in 1990 in response
to urgent need to train more teachers. The findings of the study were