Abstract:
Examinations are used to objectively evaluate and assess students’ learning outcomes, ability to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and potential for other employment skills development.
Examinations assess the candidates’ achievement level and even places them in their career paths. Impersonation is a form of malpractice, an illegal practice that derails the purpose of examinations. This makes inequality and unfair chances between the eligible students and the culprits.
The Student verification and seat allocation system includes the two step verification process where a student is verified before entering the examination room. This was archived by a process where a student presents his /her ID (RFID card) tagged with the student’s tag and swipes the card on the reader. The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) shows the student a prompt text to input the fingerprint to proceed. The student is assigned a seat number randomly after the fingerprint is verified.
Therefore, this project was to develop and implement a comprehensive solution that effectively addresses and mitigates the issue of impersonation, ensuring a secure and cheat-free environment during examinations. This further described in chapter one with its significances to the institutions and students body. The scope of this project targeted the institutions of high learning that is universities specifically for examination period. The methodology is well discussed in chapter three and the implementation in chapter four. The time frame was six months which involved challenges during development as described in chapter six.
