Web-Enabled Information Management System for the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority

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.