ABSTRACT
Educational institutions are a very vital section of the society. Their proper functioning contributes to the well being of the community.
Screening and scoring is an important phenomenon of these institutions. This project work describes a computerized screening and
scoring system which has been introduced in Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, for improving the eectiveness and eiciency of the admission
department. The system works under mainframe’s CICS or MVS system environment, and was developed using Visual Basic language.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
For the proper development of a society, its educational institutions play a very important role. They provide the society something which
may be termed as its backbone, i.e., the educational youth. The proper functioning of these institutions thus directly contributes to the
advancement and development of the society. When looked from a system’s point of view, the educational institutions comprise students,
faculty, and backup facilities. If the institutions have to work eiciently and for the maximum benefit of the society, all these aspects have
to be regularly evaluated.
Research has been undertaken by some faculty at Osun State Polytechnic, Iree regarding the evaluation of these dierent aspects. It has
included the evaluation of the students, the teachers, the academic programs, and the advising system. This project is another attempt in
this direction. It presents an important aspect of any Polytechnic’s working.
In the admission department. First, it analyzes the present of manual working in the Screening and scoring System in Osun State
Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State. Realizing the importance which computers have achieved in every field including the educational field, the
project then presents a computerized system of screening and scoring. It discusses the salient features of this system and the advantages
that the system has over the manual working.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
This project is focused on the use of computer in scoring and screening of newly admitted student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. It will
coordinate the basic requirement for admission, scoring and screening of each candidte, the specification of department, computing
candidate information, and eventually given a report on admission status of each candidate