DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ATTENDANCE SYSTEM USING FINGERPRINT SCANNER

This research work, Design and Implementation of an Attendance System using fingerprint scanner, focuses on computerizing and managing the attendance of students during lecture or event periods. This is very imperative as the cons of the traditional pen to paper attendance system far outweigh the pros as management of student attendance has become a hassle due to increasing number of students during various lecture periods. This study would discuss in detail, how the inconveniences posed by the existing system can be overcome by developing a computerized Attendance System using fingerprint scanner thus providing an effective method in which attendance can be tracked. This study will use City University, Cotonou, as a case study throughout this research work. This system will be built and designed using Python programming language. PyMySQL server database system is to be used in storing data obtained from the system. wxPython will be used for building the Logical Swing interfaces and MySQL workbench is used for the Entity – Relationship diagram. The system analysis and design methodology was followed using Enterprise Architecture.