Abstract:
The National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) performs a vital
functions over the years in selecting and training thousands of youth in industrial and
business undertakings throughout Sri Lanka. NAITA carry out several management
activities such as recruiting beginners and releasing exam results. There are several
disadvantages of this system mainly on entering and editing data. And also there is a
possibility of forgetting to publish the new vacancies and about the services provided by
the NAITA. This existing system is time consuming and inaccurate as it is a totally
manual system. Therefore a software project was proposed to develop a web-based
management information system for The National Apprenticeship Training and Industrial
Training Authority.
The Linear sequential model was used for the system development process and it was
started with feasibility study. Then the requirement analysis part was carried out. At this
phase information was collected by interviews with potential users and by observing dayto-
day documents. In the designing stage user interfaces, use case diagrams & databases
of the system were designed according to the user requirements. Then, the system was implemented using a sever side scripting language called PHP: Hyper Text Preprocessor
(PHP) and JavaScript as the scripting language. The database was implemented using
MySQL and manipulate (feed, retrieve, store) data using Structured Query Language
(SQL). User Interfaces, links and images were implemented using Photo Shop and Dream
Viewer. Apache was used as the Web Server in this project. After coding, components
were tested individually and finally the integrated system was tested.
At the end of the development process the main purpose of the project, was achieved and
the client was satisfied with the functionalities, usability, security and reliability of the
system.
