Checking students for examination and attendance in a university environment is too cumbersome as a result of the increasing number of students. Private institutions especially are faced with problems of attaining accurate records of students’ attendance which normally involves circulating papers for students to sign in and sign out by registering their names on paper during examinations and this has proved to be stressful, time consuming, unreliable, inaccurate and inefficient.
The study therefore sought to assess the areas that universities are using biometric control systems. It also assessed some of the challenges the schools face in adopting biometric system of control and qualitative approach was adopted for the study. The population of the study was staff members of Pentecost University College of which a sample size of fifty (50) respondents were chosen. Microsoft excel was used in analysing and presenting the data gathered.
The responses revealed that student’s elections and staff attendance were identified as the key areas that the selected institution (Pentecost University College) has employed and implemented computerised biometric control systems. The results also show that power outage, slow detection of fingerprints, and overcrowding around the machine were classified as challenges posed by the biometric system.
Although the value of computerized biometric control system was popular at present, this was consistent with the recognition that biometric innovation progresses as combined with vast diminishments in cost to make biometrics promptly useful and reasonable to all organisations. The study therefore recommend that the use of invertors or generator is installed to ensure a continuous supply of power to the system as well as faster machines are installed while malfunctioning are repaired as quickly as possible to preserve precious time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENT PAGE
TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u DECLARATION...........................................................................................................................ii DEDICATION..............................................................................................................................iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...........................................................................................................iv ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................................v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................vi
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................x
LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................................................xi
CHAPTER ONE………………………………………………………………………………12
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………….…………………………12
1.1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 12
1.2.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT 13
1.3.0 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 14
1.4.0 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 14
1.5.0 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 14
1.6.0 SCOPE OF THE DESIGN 14
1.7.0 LIMITATIONS 15
1.8.0 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 15
CHAPTER TWO……………………………………………………………………………...17
LITERATURE REVIEW…………………………………………………………………… 17
2.1.0 INTRODUCTION 17
2.2.0 DEFINITION AND MEANING OF BIOMETRIC 19
2.2.1 Some basic biometric terminologies 19
2.3.0 EVOLUTION OF BIOMETRIC 19
2.4.0 PROFILE OF PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 21
2.5.0 HISTORY OF BIOMERIC SYSTEMS IN A UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT 22
2.6.0 TYPES OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS 24
2.7.0 SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS 27
2.8.0 CHALLENGES FACED IN EMPLYING BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS……………………………………………………………………………………….28
CHAPTER THREE 31
METHODOLOGY 31
3.1.0 INTRODUCTION 31
3.2.0 RESEARCH DESIGN 31
3.3.0 POPULATION 32
3.3.1 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 32
3.3.2 SAMPLE SIZE 32
3.4.0 DATA COLLECTION 33
3.4.1 DATA INSTRUMENTATION 33
3.5.0 DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS 33
3.6.0 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION 34
CHAPTER FOUR 35
RESULTS AND DISSCUSSIONS 35
4.1.0 INTRODUCTION PAGEREF _Toc482796072 \h 35
4.2.0 ANALOGY OF QUESTIONNAIRE DISTRIBUTED PAGEREF _Toc482796073 \h 35
4.3.0 THE VALUE OF COMPUTERISED BIOMETRIC SYSTEM PAGEREF _Toc482796074 \h 36
4.3.1 Identified areas and use of computerised biometric control system PAGEREF _Toc482796075 \h 36
4.3.2 Areas computerized biometric control systems are employed PAGEREF _Toc482796076 \h 37
4.3.3 Period of usage PAGEREF _Toc482796077 \h 37
4.3.4 The extent to which the selected institution use computerised biometric control system 38
4.4.0 THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTERISED BIOMETRIC SYSTEM OPERATION EMPLOYED BY SELECTED INSTITUTION PAGEREF _Toc482796079 \h 38
4.4.1 The usefulness of computerized biometric control system PAGEREF _Toc482796080 \h 38
4.4.2 The effects of computerised biometric control system on growth 39
4.5.0 CHALLENGES FACED IN ADOPTING BIOMETRIC SYSTEM CONTROL ON THE INSTITUTION 40
4.5.1 Challenges faced by the institution in employing computerised biometric system 40
CHAPTER FIVE 42
SUMMARY, FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 42
5.1.0 INTRODUCTION 42
5.2.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 42
5.3.0 CONCLUSION 43
5.4.0 RECOMMENDATION 44
REFERENCES 46
APPENDIX 1. QUESTIONNAIRE 50
