DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SOFTWARE FOR EXAMINATION SUPERVISION SCHEDULING FOR AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING

ABSTRACT: The primary objective of this endeavour is to implement an automated system for the purpose of scheduling examination supervision at the esteemed Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu. A comprehensive analysis conducted on the current system of the case study and its automation underscores the undeniable significance of the findings. The results clearly demonstrate that the current manual system in operation is deficient in numerous aspects, encompassing inefficiencies in time utilisation, loss of labour, and wastage of financial resources. Hence, the imperative for automation becomes apparent in order to achieve a significant decrease in the squandering of valuable resources. This work elucidates the focal points of acquiring, processing, and storing information pertaining to the scheduling of examinations supervision within the IMT framework, employing the computer system as a facilitative tool. Upon the inception and subsequent integration of this innovation, it is anticipated that it shall effectively mitigate the considerable strain and fallacies commonly experienced in the process of overseeing and organising timetables within the esteemed Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu (IMT). Put simply, the sole resolution to this persistent quandary of recurrent inaccuracies in the allocation of exam supervisors, the coordination thereof, and the arrangement of the timetable is the implementation of an automated system. This necessitates the computerization of diverse forms and magnitudes of information, thereby rendering several manually operated systems more efficient, precise, and expeditious.