TRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY

In many tertiary institutions in the country, students seek a project in a
given field of specialty as part of the upper level of their degree programme.
Usually, a project can be filled by at most one student, though in some cases
a project is suitable for more than one student to work on simultaneously.
To give students something of a choice, there should be as wide a range of
available projects as possible, and in any case the total number of project
places should not be less than the total number of students. Typically a
lecturer will also offer a range of projects, but does not necessarily expect
that all will be taken up.
Each student has preferences over the available projects that he/she finds
acceptable, whilst a lecturer will normally have preferences over the
students that he/she is willing to supervise. There may also be upper bounds
on the number of students that can be assigned to a particular project, and
the number of students that a given lecturer is willing to supervise. In this
paper we consider the ways of allocating student project in our various
institutions.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The traditional way of allocating project to students in our higher institution
need to be reconsidered since project/research writing is sensitive aspect of
student education in the higher institution.
Before now, lecturers ask students to go out and get project topics for
themselves for approval. This system made project writing look less like a
class assignment which does not require an extra effort to complete rather
an issue of copying.


1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
With the advancement in file saving and file retrieval system, institution
cannot afford to be ignorant of the basic tool, which is the driving force
behind technological oriented administration.
Much can be achieve if an institution have a well-organized management
system. Students project can easily be allocated to each or group of
students without the problem of delayed project allocation from the
supervisor or conflict of topic between two individual or group of student in
the same department. Students update can be easily be accessed if the
database system is enhanced.

1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Projects provide a flexible framework for engaging students in exploring
curricular topics and developing important 21st century
Skills, such as communication, teamwork, and technology skills. In addition,
students are motivated by the fun and creative format and the opportunity
to make new friends around the world. For teachers, a school portal enables
quick and easy management of student accounts and review of project work.

1.5 SCOPE OF STUDY
The research will center on the design and implementation of Student
Project Allocation and Management system for the department of computer
science in the polytechnic of NEKEDE.

1.6 LIMITATION OF STUDY
Usually, every work has some limitations and this study is not exempted.
The two major limitations of this study are the time limits within which the
study is expected to be completed as well as financial constraints. The time

constraint prevents the researcher to have an in depth study and analysis on
the subject matter. While the issue of financial constraint limits the
frequency of investigation to/fro the institution toward gathering the
necessary information relevant for the study.

1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
HTML CODE- HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a type of
computer language that is primarily used for files that
are posted on the internet and viewed by web browsers. HTML files can also
be sent via email.
Markup language - A markup language is a combination of words and
symbols which give instructions on how a document should appear. For
example, a tag may indicate that words are written in italics or bold type.
Web browser - A Web browser is a software program that interprets the
coding language of the World Wide Web in graphic form, displaying the
translation rather than the coding. This allows anyone to browse the Web
by simple point and click navigation, bypassing the need to know commands
used in software languages.
File extension - A file extension is the suffix at the end of a filename that
tells a computer, and the computer user, which program is needed to open
the file. Also called a filename extension, this suffix preceded by at least one
period, is generally one to five characters long but the norm is usually three
characters in length.
Email - Email, also sometimes written as e-mail, is simply the shortened
form of electronic mail, a protocol for receiving, sending, and storing
electronic messages. Email has gained popularity with the spread of the
Internet. In many cases, email has become the preferred method of
communication.


TCP/IP - This often used but little understood set of operations stands for
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP

is the combination of the two and describes the set of protocols that allows
hosts to connect to the Internet. In actuality, TCP/IP is a combination of
more than those two protocols, but the TCP and IP parts of TCP/IP are the
main ones and the only ones to become part of the acronym that describes
the operations involved
TEXT FILE - A text file is a computer file that stores a typed document as a
series of alphanumeric characters, usually without visual formatting
information. The content may be a personal note or list, a journal or
newspaper article, a book, or any other text that can be rendered accurately
in typewritten form.
Hyper Link - A hyperlink is a graphic or a piece of text in an Internet
document that can connect readers to another webpage, or another portion
of a document. Web users will usually find at least one hyperlink on every
webpage. The simplest form of these is called embedded text or an
embedded link.
www acronym for World Wide Web