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Jeffrey Q. Apat, (LPT, MAEd, Ph. D.)

Designation (Secondary School Teacher - III)
Adviser

November, 2019

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 Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Taking attendance is an undertaking that requires time, (Conrad, 2017). The larger

the population, potentially, the more time required. This investigation targets structuring

and building up a barcode-based student attendance system utilizing PHP, a server-side

content programming language. In this research, the proposed attendance system will be

an identification card type of which the barcode is affixed to. The main hardware that is

to be used is the barcode scanner. This barcode scanner is used in order to read a barcode.

A Barcode is a machine- readable representation of information in a visual format. A bar

code consists of a series of parallel, adjacent bars and spaces. By scanning the barcodes

of the teachers that they have the researchers would provide. The scanner will go over the

card to scan the teachers’ code upon entering the school premises. The records of the

teachers will then be saved on an Excel format that can be sent out effectively to a PC.

An Excel summary sheet will likewise be created to distinguish the quantity of absences

every teacher has acquired. On the off chance that the educator has accumulated a few

absences, the year level chair would be notified of these absences where a remediation

plan will be defined. As awareness increases about the usefulness of these codes, we can

anticipate that they should be utilized in progressively public domain (Singh, 2016). The

advancement of the framework is intended for the improvement of school's personnel

attendance monitoring, making it proficient as far as time, recording, and inclusion.

Attendance record plays a huge job in the scholastic accomplishment of school

students and personnel, specially its teachers. Attendance management is an essential

requirement for every school, college and educational institute. Automation of the

attendance system frees the teaching authorities from mundane tasks and saves precious

classroom time that can be invested in teaching the students.

The greater part of the schools these days are executing mechanized methods and

procedures to meet their developing needs, and it tends to be best characterized by

generally utilized of PCs and different gadgets. Automation of the attendance system

liberates the authorities from mundane tasks and spares valuable time that can be put

resources into teaching of the students, (Fedarian, 2018). Attendance is a time record of

the populace present during events, for the most part characterized as methodical precise

all. It is a commitment of each individual as fullest potential. It is imperative to the

understudies and educators to keep up their participation from school or work.

1.2 Research Objectives

The main objective of this study is to develop an attendance checking system with

the aid of Fingerprint Scanner.

Specifically, it aims to:

1. To determine whether the Barcode Scanner for checking attendance is convenient

for teachers.

2. To test the credibility of using Barcode Scanner as an aid for the checking of

attendance.

3. To identify the possible significant difference between Barcode Scanning System

and the manual checking of attendance.

1.3 Research Problem

 This study aims to develop an attendance checking system with the aid of

Barcode Scanner.

Specifically, this research intends to answer the following questions:

1. What is the level of convenience on the teachers in terms of using Barcode Scanner

as attendance checking system?

2. How credible is the Barcode Scanner as an aid for the checking of attendance?

3. What is the significant difference between Barcode Scanning System & the manual

checking of attendance?
1.4 Research Hypothesis

Based on the problems above, the following null/alternative hypotheses are made:

HP1: The Barcode Scanning System has a great impact in terms of convenience,

credibility and efficiency in checking the attendance of the student.

HP2: The Barcode Scanning System has no great impact in terms of convenience,

credibility and efficiency in checking the attendance of the student.

HP3: There is a significant difference between Barcode Scanning System & the

manual checking of attendance.

HP4: There is no significant difference between Barcode Scanning System & the

manual checking of attendance.

 1.5 Conceptual Framework

The main objective of this research is to generate a Barcode Scanning technology

for the attendance checking system in Agusan del Sur national High School.

Additionally, it aims to identify the level of convenience and credibility among teachers

in attendance update and recording compared from its manual processing counterpart.

Level of Convenience

Project HERMES:
Attendance Checking with Level of Credibility
the Aid of Barcode Scanner

Significant Difference from

Manual Attendance
Checking

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of Project HERMES: Attendance Checking with the Aid of
Barcode Scanner

The figure above shows the conceptual diagram of the research study. The

displayed framework comprises of the following variables―level of convenience and

credibility of using barcode scanner in attendance checking and updating in the classroom

setting that will be identified successively. This will be followed by determining the

signifacant difference of using the mentioned technology from the manual processing of

attendance checking.
1.6 Scope and Limitations

The study will be conducted in Agusan del Sur National High School (ASNHS),

Purok.5, Brgy.5, San Francisco Agusan del Sur. It will possibly take over 8-week period

of assessment of procedures and evaluation of data gathered in the study. The research

findings will be based on the information and data gathered from selected teacher

respondents from G-12 level of ASNHS.

The study emphasizes on the teachers attendance which is delimited to the

selected G-12 ASNHS teachers. Their attendance will be evaluated with the aid of the

Barcode scanner and its constituent software. This will be based on the following

variables: Level of convenience, Level of credibility and its efficiency. Additionally,

other unmentioned factors that may interfere the results of the study are beyond the scope

of the research.

The study seeks to provide convenient, credible and efficient

technology―Barcode scanner, in Agusan del Sur National High School

1.7 Significance of the Study

The study strives to generate an attendance-checking system with the aid of Barcode

scanner in Agusan del Sur National High School. Furthermore, the findings of the study will

hopefully aid the following:

ASNHS Teachers- This will help in the system of teachers’ in attendance checking. This

can also give them convenient monitoring of attendance in classroom.

Students- By implementing this technology in classroom through the teachers control.

This can give an easy access on update to their attendance in school.

 School Administrator- The research will be essential in school administrators in

creating suitable approach regarding the enhancement of attendance checking system in the

campus.

Parents – The research will be helpful for parents. This will provide additional on-time

updates regarding their children’s attendance in school.

Future Researchers- The research will be of great help to future researchers. This will

provide additional information regarding the use Barcode scanner in attendance checking

system.

1.8 Definition of Terms

Attendance – is the number of teachers attending the school premises which is

determined on their arrival and dismissal.

Barcode – a method of representing the attendance of the teachers in a visual,

machine-readable form.

Barcode Scanner – an optical scanner that can read the barcodes provided for the

teachers. It is used to decode the data contained in the barcode and send the

data to a computer in determining the attendance of the teachers.

1.9 Review of Related Literature

Related Literature

Attendance is the demonstration or actuality of visiting (being present at) school.

Likewise, participation is utilized to characterize the quantity of people present on a

specific day at school. An attendance policy gives the rules and expectations to the

attendance at school as characterized, written, disseminated, and executed by the school.

Moreover, attendance can be recorded from multiple ways. There are various

proposition for Automatic Attendance Management Systems in the writing and in the

market. These days, barcodes are much of the time utilized in many enterprises, grocery

stores, and any place data should be perused consequently.

Shoewu, Olaniyi, and Lawson (2011) proposed an electronic card-based answer

for the attendance issues in higher institutions in the developing nations. This framework

utilized a single-chip PC based on subsystems interfaced sequentially to the sequential

port of the advanced PC. A portion of the limitations of this framework are that not all PC

frameworks have serial port.

Mahyidin (2008) additionally proposed student attendance management

framework utilizing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The framework utilizes

student card to grant or deny the student from gauging attendance. This strategy

additionally didn't recognize individual based on who he/she is which along these lines,

can prompt impersonation.

Victor, Jonathan, Reece, and Lemire (2003) displayed a framework that depends

on student wolf pack club tracking system to improve the procedure of student wolf pack

club ticket appropriation for athletic occasions. This framework didn't, in any case,

coordinate any part of student participation checking.

In another case, Saraswat and Kumar (2010), proposed fingerprint check method

in gauging attendance. Their proposed framework utilizes fingerprint verification by

utilizing extraction of minutiae technique and system that automates the entire procedure

of gauging participation.

Xue (2009), talks about a prototype system that utilizes facial recognition

technology to screen and validate client or understudy for participation taking. A neural

system-based calculation was actualized to do confront location, and an eigen face

technique was utilized to perform facial acknowledgment. The test results exhibit the

attainability of close constant ceaseless client check for significant level security data

frameworks.

Related Study

Within these few years, the utilization of technology has become rapidly quicker

than we would ever envision, Maleriado and Carreon (2018). Consistently, new

technological thoughts developed that are more intelligent, imaginative, and affordable
(Lamey, 2018). With all these technological assets that we have or accessible, is there

any way we can use them as a major aspect of the instructive procedures? In the

instructive world, our understudies have grasped this thought since they were pretty

much nothing. It tends to be said that understudies these days are computerized locals

where they are as of now presented to cutting edge innovation, for example, PCs,

computer games, and web, while educators are viewed as advanced settlers since they

were not naturally introduced to the computerized part of the new innovation

(Santisteban, 2017).

A striking work has done by Subramaniam, Hassan and Widyarto (2015) on

"Understudy Attendance System (SAS)" at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK)

Dato Harun, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia This paper disclosed how to supplant the

manual participation recording process at schools in Malaysia. SAS can decrease the

time spent by educator in figuring the level of participation for an understudy just as

for a class. SAS been actualized into one of the auxiliary school in Selangor territory

of Malaysia. The understudy previously been furnished with understudy card which

contain standardized tag. Understudy participation recording process been appointed

to the individuals who mindful to include the information. Client acknowledgment

testing directed among scarcely any client classes before the framework being

discharged into the creation. The estimation is on the fulfillment of the client towards

understudy participation framework. Subjective examination utilized in deciding the

adequacy of the framework. Meeting strategy used to accumulate the data on the
client fulfillment. School participation decides the scholarly accomplishment of an

understudy.

An application required by a large portion of the schools in Malaysia so as to

guarantee proficient participation record keeping. Understudy participation

framework (SAS) that created for optional school expected to supplant the manual

participation recording process at schools in Malaysia. SAS can diminish the time

spent by educator in ascertaining the level of participation for an understudy just as

for a class. In a tick of catch instructor can create report anytime of time. Also,

understudy's picture which showed after the checking procedure expected to assist

educator with recognizing understudies before record their participation. During SAS

propelling session, client acknowledgment test has been directed and input from

potential clients being assembled. Input given by clients featured scarcely any issues

that need a thought from SAS advancement group.

 The last paragraph of your Chapter 2 should contain the summary of your entire

readings including the gap or the necessity of conducting your study.

 Chapter 2

METHODOLOGY

This experimental research will be a survey type research that will

measure the capacity of barcode scanner to monitor the attendance of the

students, the variables that the researcher were looking up to is the level of

convenience of barcode scanning system to the students, the credibility of this

kind of system, and to test if there are a significant difference between the manual

and the proposed system. This research is an experimental research and is using a

purposive-cluster sampling, the research tools and instruments, the statistical

procedures utilized for the analysis and interpretation of the data.

` 2.1 List of Materials

 Barcode Scanner

 Printed Barcode Form ( Costomize ID Card)

2.2 Research Design

ID Design
 Printed Form Design

Scale 1-low 2-average 3-high

Number of Trials
Factors for Testing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Accuracy (consistency of the result)
2. Detection (Effectiveness of detection)
3. Delay of Detection (length o be detected)

The Research will be conducted inside the school parameter with the factors;

Accuracy which will test the consistency of the results based on the research, the

detection which will measure the effectiveness of barcodes on the attendance system, and

the delay of detection of the barcodes of which the length will be measured of how long

will be the time consumed when the card or printed form to be scanned to get the result

of the test. Each test will be have a trials of ten each factors to measure its credibility and

to have its average result of each factors.

2.3Procedures/Methods

As this research study progresses, the research will follow the procedures and
 processes below to achieve the results that is expected to have at the end of the study.

The Flow chart below shows the process/methods of the study

u
consistency of results Develop a Research
Conduct a Survey on Canvasing on the
Material Appropriate
N the Valid
Parameter 10 to the Respondents Materials needed

Missing 0

Mean 3.0000

Std. Deviation .00000

Conduct a test drive to Finalization on the
Developing a
Range Program .00
see if there is Outputs and making some
to incorporate with
something that can be adjustments for Final
Barcode Scanner
improved
Chapter 3 RESULTS Output

AND DISCUSSION

1.1 Factors that can affect the result of Barcode Scanning

Table 3.1.1
Consistency of the results of barcode scanning in terms of Accuracy
 Table 3.1.2
Effectiveness of detection of barcode scanning in terms of Detection

effectivenes

N Valid 10

Missing 0

Mean 2.7000

Std. Deviation .51640

Range 1.00

Table 3.1.3
Length of time being measure in barcode scanning in terms of Detection

length

N Valid 10

Missing 0

Mean 2.6000

Std. Deviation .48305

Range 1.00
 In table 3.1.1 shows the consistency of the results in terms of accuracy when it

comes to barcode scanning, the table shows that it has a mean of 3.00 which is being

interpreted as high and as for the ten trials being conducted per sample, it shows a

straight “High” results. As for table 3.1.2 shows the effectiveness of detection of barcode

scanning in terms of detection, the table shows that it has a mean of 2.7 which is also

been interpreted as “high” only the majority of the trials results to 3 and some are 2

which is considered as an average so the detection part is not a perfect 3. And as for

table 3.1.3 which shows the length time for the barcode scanner to consume for it to scan

and decode the barcode from the id, it has a mean of 2.6 which is been interpreted as

“high” but it like table 3.1.2, the table 3.1.3 did not get a perfect 3 in straight when it

comes to trial. All in all the generated application and the generated id in purpose of

attendance checking is highly compatible.

In accordance to the statement of Conrad (2017), in is passage which states that

by the help of technology, somehow, technology can be some sort of help. The study

inclines to the gist of his work which in this study uses a utilize application with the help

of a barcode to hasten the checking of attendance, because according to the study, a lot of

time allotted for discussion has been consumed just by checking the attendance (Singh,

2016).

1.2 Factors that can affect the Credibility of the Result

Table 3.2.1
Connection of Detection rate and Accuracy to measure the credibility of the result.

Mean Std. Deviation N

Detection 2.7000 .48305 10
Accuracy 3.0000 .00000 10

Table 3.2.2

Connection of Detection Rate and Length of time consume in detection the barcode.

Mean Std. Deviation N

Detection 2.7000 .48305 10
Delay of Detection 2.6000 .51640 10

As shown on tables above, it focuses on the factors that may affect the credibility

of the test results that has been conducted. On table 3.2.1 it shows the connection of

detection rate of the barcode scanner application and the accuracy of the result that has

been developed, based on the table, the Detection rate has a mean of 2.7 as the accuracy

of the result that is been developed by the detection is 3.0. Moreover on table 3.2.2,

shows the connection between the detection rate of the barcode scanner application to the

barcode and the length of time consumption, it shows that the detection rate mean is 2.7

as the length of consumed time scanning has the mean of 2.6.

As stated in the article of Santisteban (2017) , even though technology makes the

work easier that it has to be, credibility and monitoring is still a factor to consider,

technology might make things easier up but a programs mind is not as versatile as human

mind. As shown in the tables above, the detection rate and the length of time

consumption of barcode scanning might not affect the accuracy of the result but the delay
of time can also affect the detection rate of the barcode scanner application, the longer

the length of time consumed, the lower its detection rate. So as a result, further

adjustments should be applied and like stated, technology needs time to adjust and

monitoring and a series of observation should always be follow (Subramaniam, Hassan

and Widyarto, 2015).

 Chapter 4

SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION

4.1 Summary

The research study aims to generate an application that will hasten the process of

attendance checking, and its product will be the production of SF2 forms which has been the

problem of the advisers in every end of the month. The study will generate an application and an

identification card with a barcode on it which will be used by the students to scan the id to the

adviser’s phone that will generate an SF2 form automatically. The sampling procedure is quota

sampling of which as suggested by the research adviser to have a total of 10 sample size, and be

later o be analyze through spss which will help to identify the mean, standard deviation , and the

correlation of the factors that might affect the credibility of the results.

4.2 Research Findings

The following findings are obtained based on the analysis and interpretation of data.

1. Based on the table, the accuracy of the 10 trials coincides with each other, meaning there is

no problem in the accuracy of the inputted data.

2. As shown on the table, the detection rate sometimes fail to get the expected frequency of

detection by the application but the majority of the results is met with the expectation.

3. The length of time consumed in detection depends on the effectiveness of the barcode

(detection rate), they holds a strong connection that is directly proportional.

4. The factor accuracy, is not affected by the other factors like detection rate and the length of

detection, no matter how long or how frequent the detection is, as long as the inputted data
 in every student is correct the production of accurate date is met.

5. In detection rate, it affects the length of detection time of the barcode, since based on the

results whenever the detection rate is decrease (2.7) the length of time consumed also

decreases (2.6)

4.3 Conclusions

Based on the findings above, the following conclusions are drawn:

1. There should be no problem when it comes to the accuracy of the report being generated by

the apps, because it is independent to the detection rate of the app.

2. The relationship of the effectiveness of the detection rate of the app is directly proportional

to the length of time consumed scanning the barcode of the id.

3. The relationship of the three factors is not all connected, only the detection rate and the

length of time consumed is dependent to each other, the accuracy did not hold close ties to

the two factors.

4.4 Recommendation

As synthesized from the findings and conclusions, the following recommendations were

made:

1. As the researcher conducted the duration of the study, the researcher find a difficulty in the

following: programing, conceptualizing and reconsidering, so it is recommended before

taking this type of research be sure to have an ample or even a wider range of knowledge in

this area.

2. During the conduct of the research, since it is an offline tool, it lacks of security, so it is
 recommended that somehow add an additional security so that this study will both be secure

and reliable.

3. It is recommended for the administration to give more importance in attendance checking

especially to the production of SF2 every ends of the month, for this will take a toll for the

advisers specially to the multi tasked teachers.

4. It is recommended for the next research to reconsider the factors being used, additional

factors for security might be able to apply.

5. It is recommended that in order for the application or study to be improved, it will be a lot of

costly so but in exchange the study will be more reliable, so try to make this application

online or accessible by the parents or students of a kind.