Development of Anti-Impersonation System (AIS) for Higher Institutions of Learning: A Case Study of the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Abstract

Digitalization has taken its full course in many developing Nations of the world and has changed the information system of many organizations and academic Institutions in the area of information creation, access and management. One critical area of information system is information security where the integrity of the system needs to be protected. In an examination system, only the authorized Students are expected to sit for the exam. Where a student sits in place of another student, the case of impersonation is established and the integrity of the system is at stake. In this project, a database of authorized Students was created with finger print enrolment to ensure that only the authorized Students have access to the system and hence the case of impersonation is checked. The system ensures levels of access to the system at the Managerial levels so as to give room for Students’ Information System (SIS) with a central database system. The System was enrolled with large number of Students and also tested with the students enrolled. The system was tested with both authorized and non- authorized students in order to test for the integrity of the system. The system recorded 99% acceptance rate and 1% rejection rate. The system proved reliable and efficient. The system also can be adopted for classroom attendance management system.