Okeke Ogochukwu Clementina. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 6, Issue 10, ( Part -1) October 2016, pp.01-06 www.ijera.com 1|Page Implementation of ICT As a Change Agent in Computing Students Result in ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu University (COOU), in Anambra State, Nigeria. Okeke Ogochukwu Clementina, Enemuoh Chioma Lorretta and Ezenwegbu Nnamdi Chimaobi ABSTRACT Manual method of sorting out for result and computing it has posed a big problem to exams unit in ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu University (COOU), In Anambra State, Nigeria. During computation of results, the exam officers collect paper results from the department and either calculate them on papers or enter them on a computer for computation. Either of them is hard work and time wasting. Hence we propose a change and retrieval agent in computing results in ChukwuemekaOdumegwuOjukwu University, Uli. Since the University already has an existing website, we require a new format for uploading results to the website using Microsoft excel witheight (8) specific columns namely: names of students, registration numbers, continuous assignment, examination score, total score, grade and remarks done by course lecturers.To compute the results of a particular student, the exam officer opens the application; enters the required detail and the application will fetch and populate the grade fields automatically from the results already uploaded on the university website by the course lecturers. The application needs internet connection in order to do this. Thereafter the results are computed by the application. The methodology used is Object Oriented Analysis and Design Methods. The application is a windows application written with Microsoft visual basic.net. The database used in saving login information and computed CGPAs is a free distributed database MySQL. The result of this researchis a functional result retrieval and computation application used only by the authorized personnel for computation of degree results. Keywords:ICT, Result, Management Information System, Transcript, Result Retrieval and Result Computing I. INTRODUCTION Information is a processed data. It is also a stimulus that has meaning in some context for its receiver. When information is entered into and stored in a computer, it is generally referred to as data. After processing (such as formatting and printing), output data can again be perceived as information. Communication is the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else (Merriam Webster, 1828).Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application encompassing: radio, television, cellular phone, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them (Zuppo, Colrain,M, 2016). The broadness of ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form (Zuppo, Colrain,M, 2016). A system is a collection of inter-related and inter-connected components that work together to perform or carryout a specific task in order to accomplish a particular goal. For every system, security is a paramount issue. Due to multiple security incidents around the world and the loss of sensitive data, it has become necessary to put in place a mechanism to prevent unauthorized access into the server housing a sensitive system such as the Student Result Processing System through scripts run on the website. This paper is therefore concerned with applying a Php/MySQL to serve as the security mechanism between the front-end and back-end of the already existing Student Result Processing System. The Student Result Processing System automatically handle students' activities in the School ranging from student registration, keeping of students' files for decision making, computation and generation of students' grade points and transcripts respectively. The manual method of gathering results before computation will be a thing of the past since results will be uploaded electronically and be seen at any time at the departmental level and exams and records office too, any mutilation in the results the system sends messages across different course lectures through SMS alert. 1.1 Problem statement The problem is the inability to use ICT as a change agent in computing students result in RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS