Gateway to Student Knowledge using Smart Card Technology

The advancement of Smart card technology today has exceed the idea of not
only using the card as identification but to grant access rights and cover
multiple transactions as well. This Gateway to student's knowledge using
smart card technology Project is a Student MIS (Management Information
System) that using smart card technology and addresses the need of university
students of the 21rst century. The Functionality included in the system
includes transactions that are automated and are done manually in UTP. This
system will be useful for UTP student management and monitoring purposes,
through the portal students can access their personalized web portals
containing all relevant information to a particular student, allowing students
to perform multiple transactions with only a click or swap away. The Author
employs a fast methodology to develop the smart card application system,
within the given timeframe. The given framework of this projects covers a
research part for the smart card, and introduces a new design that isn't able to
implement due to the limitation of time, and money in the. Smart card
technology is a very advanced technology as it introduces ICT in student's
daily lives, and it brings on multiple benefits to the university and students
this therefore warranted further research.