World of Computer Science and Information Technology Journal (WCSIT) ISSN: 2221-0741 Vol. 4, No. 6, 76-81, 2014 76 Development of A Computerized Biometric Control Examination Screening And Attendance Monitoring System With Fees Management Adeoye Temitope Onaolamipo School of Computer Science, Mathematics & Information Technology Houdegbe North America University Republic of Benin Abstract— Examination is one of the ways to assess the receptiveness of student to various class teachings in various schools or institutions from primary to post - primary and tertiary institutions. But this is not without problem like impersonation, student class absenteeism and debtor student sitting for examination especially in private institutions. The proposed system developed with the aim of solving stated problems. The system did not only has the ability to take student class attendance and screening before and after examination but it can also be used to verify whether such student is in debit to the institution or whether the student has paid required percentage of the tuition before being allowed to sit for the examination thereby reducing number of student in debit before examination started, it will also eliminate impersonation during examination and stress of manual class attendance taking and record keeping, also avoid writing of name of absent student unlike in manual process of class attendance. The system will also make it easier to calculate required percentage of class attendance before any student is allowed to sit for an examination in any institution. The system adopted biometric access control techniques, which is designed with extended graphical user interface by using Microsoft visual studio 2010 and integrated with Microsoft fingerprint reader. The student information is stored by MySQL which serve as database located in the user's computer or server. Keywords- Biometric; Fingerprint; Examination; Attendance; Tuition; Fees; Institution. I. INTRODUCTION Biometric can be defined as any automatically measurable, robust and distinctive physical characteristics or personal trait that can be used to identify an individual or verify the claimed identity of an individual [9]. It is also science and technology of authentication by measuring persons’ physiological or behavioural features. According to [6] examination is an instrument for testing, assessment evaluation and accreditation. But in most institution before any student is allowed to sit for examination such student needs to meet specified percentage of class attendance but due to stress of manual attendance taking and record keeping the percentage required before sitting for an examination has not been adhered to in many institution of developing nation. In order to keep record of class attendance in most institution in developing country the process being adopted is the use of pen and paper for student class attendance, and this has been prove to be very stressful, time consuming, unreliable, inaccurate and inefficient [1]. According to the research carried out by [7], it was discovered that the use of biometric for attendance has eliminated need for stationary materials and personnel for keeping records, thereby reducing stress of manual attendance process. The use of computerized biometric examination screening and class attendance monitoring system with fees management will eliminate impersonation of candidates during examination; also eliminate idea of student writing names of absent student on the class attendance list. The system can also be used to verify student tuition payment status either in the classroom or before entering examination hall. A fingerprint scanner will be used to collect fingerprint sample and with the aid of an application it will be used to detect those unique features to identify the person by comparing the features to sample on database. The uniqueness of fingerprint is determined by the pattern of ridges and furrows as well as the minutiae points [8]. II. LITTERATURE REVIEW In information technology, biometrics is usually refers to as technologies for measuring and analyzing physiological characteristics such as fingerprints, eye retina and iris, voice patterns, facial patterns and hand measurements, DNA, ear, palm prints and this has been categorized into two types of biometrics namely physiological and behavioural biometrics [3].