Problem:
Class Attendance System
In most of universities in Malaysia, attendance system is by using the old way that is using the attendance list. In these modern days, the number of students in universities are getting bigger each year. Therefore, many problems arises when it comes to signing the attendance list ( confirming our attendance). When attendance sheets are being passed around starting from the first row in the lecture hall, the students sitting behind could not get the sheets on time. As the consequence, at the end of every lecture, students have to line up just to sign their names in the attendance list which we think the system is inefficient. As the result from this matter, students tend to get late in their next lecture.
Besides, with this current attendance system, students who like to skip classes will end up getting away without any penalties as they can ask their friends to sign for them. We believe this will affect their results in examination as well as giving a lot of problems to the student affairs management to track down students who skip classes.
Solution:
Student ID Scanner
A system of scanning students matrix card is introduced not long ago. Since one of the rules in our university is to carry student's id card everywhere within campus which is compulsory for every student, so there will be no cheating when attendance is taken and it is more efficient. There should be student id card scanner for every entrance in lecture hall so that student can scan in and scan out every time they go through the entrance. Besides, the student management can check a proper record of students' attendance through the scanner without any mistakes.
Posted by: Farah Khaleda binti Mohd Zaini
Nadia Syahira binti Rosli
