CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

As most nations of the world are becoming information technology inclined, Nigeria is not left behind. Even as most organizations and companies in the foreign countries have implemented information technology in their films, likewise most of Nigeria’s organizations and companies have also enjoyed the benefits of information technology.

          Even as most foreign countries like America, China and India are experiencing information technology boom, Nigeria is yet to come to such level. With the communication satellite launched recently in our country will explore the hidden treasure of information technology.

          As I consider the design and implementation of computerized student registration system, it is necessary to mention here that information technology have a lot to play in achieving this. Implementing computerized student registration system entails having access to internet, having a website and the place of strong and reliable database can not be over emphasized.

          All these must be put into consideration and they are well treated in the subsequent section of this project work.

BACKGROUND

PRIOR TO THE establishment of the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, there were two institutions in Enugu – The College of Technology which offered courses in Engineering and Laboratory Technology, up to the Ordinary Diploma Level and the Institute of Administration which provided short in-service Training Courses for Civil Servants of various grades. The college of Technology was part of the Ministry of Education and was controlled directly by that Ministry. Similarly, the Institute of Administration was controlled by the Ministry of Establishments. Both institutions were staffed by Civil Servants who were posted to the two institutions and could be re-posted to other departments of ministries according to the needs of the service. They were not specially recruited as teachers. Thus, the administration and operation of the institutions closely followed the routine in the Civil Service. Both institutions were separate and located on different sites.

          However, the need for a higher institution of learning to upgrade the training in technology and management education has begun to be felt for some time. The academic program of the College of Technology, Enugu, was no longer adequate for the assessed needs of Nigeria at the threshold of industrial take-off. If the industrialization of the country was to be achieved and maintained at a high standard, the technologists, technicians and processionals needed a better and more functional training. It is clear that successful industrial development depends as much on the technologists as on the management skills and expertise available to the country concerned.

          Management education of the highest quality was, therefore, a corollary of the processional and technological education. Management in this context is used in its broadest sense including both business and personnel administration. The engineer in the Nigeria of today needs training in management for maximum effectiveness. He is no longer to be the narrow professional or technical concerned only with machines and structures. He has to understand fully the relationships and the social setting of his position as an Engineer, he must be able to analyse and assess the economic and social consequences of his decisions; he has to work with people all the time and must therefore be acquainted with basic personnel and labour matters. He needs management tools to do all these. If these tools and attitude can be acquired all through the engineer’s training periods so much the better.

          This was the assessment of the Nigerian situation when the idea of an autonomous Institute of Management and Technology was conceived. In pursuance of the idea, the Executive Council of the State government decided in October 1971, that the former College of Technology and the Institute of Administration be merged and the resulting institution upgraded. To give effect to this decision, both the Institute of Administration and the College of Technology came under the unified control of the Cabinet Officer on 1st April, 1972. In October of the same year, a Provisional Council of the proposed new Institute was appointed by the then East-Central State Government. The Provisional Council interpreted its assignment as that of determining and recommending to the Government the appropriate structures of an autonomous institution that would produce high quality technologists and technicians as well as professional and managerial manpower in subject areas directed by State and National needs. Prof. Ukwu I. Ukwu was the first Council Chairman and Prof. M. O. Chijioke the first Rector.

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