INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY A CATALYST FOR CHANGE:
Lagos State University; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
by
Owomero Stanley
Lagos State University; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
by
Owomero Stanley
Information Technology Includes all matters concerned with the furtherance of computer science and technology and with the design, development, installation, and implementation of information systems and applications; in this sense I mean an effective Database management system in place. A collection of programs that enables you to store, modify, and extract information from a database.
LASU Before
The situation that obtains before in LASU was that which warranted corruption, inefficiency and in general lack of progress in the institution, mostly in the area of record keeping; where admission records are kept in the old file and cabinet structures, results are manually written out i.e. no computer process involved and so on. This led to late release of results, and most time misplacement of both students and staff records.
LASU Today
One school of change in management argues that old practices must be "obliterated" and new processes designed from scratch to fully leverage new technologies and business realities. The Wind of change had blown and LASU now have an ICT center whose responsibility is to process all information electronically including records and examination result, this has led to prompt release of result and student profile. The issue of Database management is been taken care of and school registration is been done online and as a matter of fact the institution now has a website (www.lasunigeria.org) where you can reach the Vice Chancellor and other key officers of the institution.
LASU Tomorrow
Where is LASU going and the challenges ahead for her to attain an effective DBMS, what the future holds for tertiary institution s in Nigeria with particular reference to LASU is an Automated Database system which will all for record keeping and at the same time accessibility, personal records apart from student/staff BIO-DATA, but services such as online transcript, e-learning, online library and easy access to information which will have the necessary backbone of a wide bandwidth that will enable quick download. And above all the data base system should have features such as Query ability, Backup and replication, Rule enforcement, Security, Computation, Change and access logging, and Automated optimization. On the platform of MS Access, ORACLE, MS SQL server and MySQL
Conclusion
I hope to see more changes driven by IT for instance When a DBMS is used, information systems can be changed much more easily as the universities information requirements change. New categories of data can be added to the database without disruption to the existing system. The use of the DBMS is at the heart of a information strategy. Without a standard, an Institution/organization will waste time and money, will have trouble supporting your SLAs, and will have great difficulty attempting to integrate its critical subject areas. The use of the DBMS should be objective, should support the overall IT strategy as well as the mission of an organization, and should not be biased by the personal relationships of executive management.
LASU Before
The situation that obtains before in LASU was that which warranted corruption, inefficiency and in general lack of progress in the institution, mostly in the area of record keeping; where admission records are kept in the old file and cabinet structures, results are manually written out i.e. no computer process involved and so on. This led to late release of results, and most time misplacement of both students and staff records.
LASU Today
One school of change in management argues that old practices must be "obliterated" and new processes designed from scratch to fully leverage new technologies and business realities. The Wind of change had blown and LASU now have an ICT center whose responsibility is to process all information electronically including records and examination result, this has led to prompt release of result and student profile. The issue of Database management is been taken care of and school registration is been done online and as a matter of fact the institution now has a website (www.lasunigeria.org) where you can reach the Vice Chancellor and other key officers of the institution.
LASU Tomorrow
Where is LASU going and the challenges ahead for her to attain an effective DBMS, what the future holds for tertiary institution s in Nigeria with particular reference to LASU is an Automated Database system which will all for record keeping and at the same time accessibility, personal records apart from student/staff BIO-DATA, but services such as online transcript, e-learning, online library and easy access to information which will have the necessary backbone of a wide bandwidth that will enable quick download. And above all the data base system should have features such as Query ability, Backup and replication, Rule enforcement, Security, Computation, Change and access logging, and Automated optimization. On the platform of MS Access, ORACLE, MS SQL server and MySQL
Conclusion
I hope to see more changes driven by IT for instance When a DBMS is used, information systems can be changed much more easily as the universities information requirements change. New categories of data can be added to the database without disruption to the existing system. The use of the DBMS is at the heart of a information strategy. Without a standard, an Institution/organization will waste time and money, will have trouble supporting your SLAs, and will have great difficulty attempting to integrate its critical subject areas. The use of the DBMS should be objective, should support the overall IT strategy as well as the mission of an organization, and should not be biased by the personal relationships of executive management.
References: wikipedia free encyclopedia. “ Database Management System, and Information Technology” www.wikipedia.com
