Designing A Web-Based Database System For Students’ Results: A Case Study Of Uganda National Examinations Board

Abstract In this technological explosion today, large amounts of funds are being directed towards information technology (IT). Despite the enormous advances in the IT industry, there are still many organizations that have not embraced it. Several

factors contribute to this state of affairs. One of these being the management factor. This research was focused on the accessibility to online Uganda National

Examinations Board (UNEB) results which is non-existent despite the presence of a static web site.

The literature was gathered from several sources, including existing articles and records, Internet sites, and interviews. The results provide insights as to how a

web-based student’s result database system can help the stakeholders have access to the student results online.

Table of Contents

DECLARATION

APPROVAL II

DEDICATION III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ABBREVIATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS VI

LIST OF FIGURES viii

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION

1.0 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY

1.2 PRoBLEM STATEMENT 2

1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3

1.4 OBJECTIVES 3

1.4.1 General objective 3

1.4.2 Specific objectives 3

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 4

1.6 SCOPEOFTHESTUDy 5

1.7 CONcEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 6

CHAPTER TWO 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.0 INTRODUCTIoN 8

2.1 WEB DATABASES 8

2.2 ONLINE AND COLLABORATIVE STUDENTS’ RESULTS 10

2.2.1 Benefit of Online result portals 11

2.2.2 Kenya National Examinations Council online 13

2.3 THE DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPROACH 14

2.3.1 The Database 14

2.4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGy (IT) 16

2.5 INFORMATION SECURITY 17

2.5.1 Basic principles of Information Security 18

2.5.2 Ciyptography 21

2.6 WEBSITE 22

CHAPTERTHREE 26

METHODOLOGY 26

3.0 INTRODUcTION 26

3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 26

3.2 TYPEs OF RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 26

3.3 POPULATION OF THE STUDY 27

3.4 MoDELING THE SYSTEM 28

3.5 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 28