ABSTRACT
This research work deals with the
problems of managing and allocating hostels and to avoid the problems which
occur when carried out manually. The objective of this research work “A web
based Student Hostel Allocation System” is to develop a web based system with a
central database that will automatically allocate rooms to students, manage
records related to the hostel, the system designed will keep track of all the
available hostels. Information for this research work was collected from two
forms of data which are primary and secondary data. These are done by semi
structured interviews and exploitation of the services of the library from
textbooks, journals, internet and other materials for purpose
of better understanding. The methodology used is an object oriented methodology
(OOM); this method develops a computer system on component basis which enables
the effective re-use of software component and facilitates the sharing of its
component. The new system was implemented using PHP and MySQL. The result of
the research is a Web based Student
Hostel Allocation System, a system that facilitate timely allocation of hostel
rooms to students and keep hostel occupancy record and report for easy
retrieval.
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.0
Background of Study
1.1
Statement of the Problem
1.2
Objectives
1.3
Significance of the Project
Chapter 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0
Introduction
2.1
Theoretical background
2.2
Review of Related Literature
2.2.1
Historical Development of Hostel
2.2.2
Student Housing In Nigeria Tertiary Institutions
Chapter 3: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
3.0
Introduction
3.0.1
Research approach and design
3.1
Description of Existing System
3.2
Analysis of Proposed System
3.2.1
Requirement Analysis
3.2.2
Feasibility Study
3.3
Design of Proposed System
3.3.1
Database Design
3.3.2
Modular design
3.4
System Design and Specification
3.4.1
Data flow Diagram
3.4.2
Entity Relationship Model
3.4.3
Use Case Model
Chapter 4: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION
4.0
Introduction
4.1
Choice of Development Environment
4.2
Implementation Architecture
4.3
Software Testing
4.4
Documentation
Chapter 5: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
5.1
Conclusion
5.2
Recommendation
REFERENCE
APPENDIES
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.0
Background
of Study
Hostel is an
establishment which provides cheap food and lodging for specific group of
people, it is also seen as a home for students when staying away from their
home. It has large well ventilated dormitories and single rooms and is situated
in the school premises. Providing clean and calm hostel accommodation is one of
the key responsible of school management.
To manage the hostel
facilities, a lot of data need to be maintained such as number of student
hostel can accommodate, hostel rules and regulation, hostel fee, hostel in and
out of student, guest and visitor record and so on. So, this needs the system
which has an ability to capture all kind of data and information and analyze it
properly for smooth functioning of the hostel. Hostel warden can easily
maintain the data.
Hostel Allocation in
schools often involves administering of all activities of students. All these
still remain difficult and require some job for the school management. Hostel
Allocation functions and responsibilities in modern day schools have always
been a problem in managing, because of the manual system method of tools they
use. Hostel Allocation System is well designed specially to meet challenges of
administrative set up of any school.
Hostel
Allocation System can be used to assist in student’s allocation, setup hostel
information, hostel application. In short, this system will assist the staff in
managing some of the hostel activities. In 1912, in Altena Castle in Germany,
[6]RichardSchirrmann created the first permanent "Youth Hostel".
These first Youth Hostels were an exponent of the ideology of the German Youth
Movement to let poor city youngsters breathe fresh air outdoors. The youths
were supposed to manage the hostel themselves as much as possible, doing chores
to keep the costs down and build character as well as being physically active
outdoors. Because of this, many Youth Hostels closed during the middle part of
the day.
There
are several differences between hostels and hotels, including:
1.
Hostels tend to be
budget-oriented; rates are considerably lower, and many hostels have programs
to share books, DVDs and other items on the other hand hotel rates are not
lower, many hotels are built with the intention of making the customer spend
exorbitantly.
2. For
those who prefer an informal environment, hostels do not usually have the same
level of formality as hotels.
3. For
those who prefer to socialize with their fellow guests, hostels usually have
more common areas and opportunities to socialize. The dormitory aspect of
hostels also increases the social factor. Hotels also have common areas but not
for socializing as such but for more serious business.
4. Hostels
are cheaper to cut
costs, hostels forgo many of the usual room amenities that non-business
travellers rarely use anyway but payment may not be as convenient in
hotels because it has all the usual room
amenities.
5. You Can
Negotiate in some hostels
since they cater to backpackers who only stay a couple of nights at a time, you may be able to
negotiate a better rate if
you’ll be staying a week or longer. But hotels have a fixed rate which is
non-negotiable.
1.1 Statement
of the Problem
This study will be concerned with the problems posed
by poor hostel allocation, as it affects the quality of education in higher
institute with particular reference to Godfrey Okoye University and these are
as follows:
·
At
Godfrey Okoye University, the whole process of hostel allocation and management
is done manually.
·
Statistics
of the number of rooms required to match the growing number of students are
far-fetched.
·
Most
often, the overall process is time consuming and requires a lot of effort.
·
student’s
information retrieval is difficult and records are unsecured due to manual
method of storage.
1.2 Aim of study
The
aim of the research work is to develop Hostel Allocation software that will
manage the hostel activities of Godfrey Okoye University, Ugwuonu-Nike, Enugu.
The
main objectives of the project include:
i.
Identify and model the
requirements to develop the system.
ii.
Provide online student
application for students to apply for hostel.
iii.
Upgrade from manual means of student’s hostel
allocation.
iv.
Design and develop a
central database system that would serve as hostel database, which will contain
information on all the available rooms in the hostels.
v.
Design a computer –
driven hostel allocation system for allocating hostel rooms to students.
vi.
Generate reports on hostel occupancy.
1.3 Significance of
the Project
This
project will affect student and staff of the university in the sense that it
will change the system of hostel allocation from manual to automated,
facilitates timely allocation of hostel rooms to student.
The
project will provide a first-hand information on the statistics of student in
the hostel and enable management to plan on improving hostel living condition
The cost effectiveness affects the overall
administration by reducing the problem with bureaucracy in hostel allocation.================================================================
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