CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.0
INTRODUCTION
Teacher rating is one of the topics
which require pertinent attention by our education regulatory system. As
teachers are only being rated and promoter base on their education
qualification and time put into the service. Students also have a clear
pictures of these teachers as they have the first hand interaction with
teachers.
1.1.0
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Prior to this period, Teacher
has only being assessed by the Education regulatory body and never have they
considered the student assessment of the teachers. Most of these teachers put
up a perfect front with good qualification but are most times unable to
motivate or impact knowledge to this student. But this research work provides a
basic student rating system capable of allowing various class students to rate
his or her teacher and these rating are then compile and analyze by various regulatory
body. It also aids proper storage and maintenance
of Student documentation. Furthermore, it aids structured document
representation and eliminates the tedium of performing monotonous rating system.
1.2.0
OBJECTIVES OF STUDY
This web based application provides the
following benefits:
i.
Fully
automated student and teacher database system.
ii.
Online
assessment form /window for rating different teachers.
iii.
Decreased
processing time and form errors.
iv.
Display
teachers records only to the student registered in The teachers class
v.
Provides
authentic, qualitative and comprehensive data on the teachers rating gotten
form his / her assessments from student.
1.3.0
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
During
the course of this research, interviews were conducted with various teachers of
different disposition and staff of the ministry of Education as regards to the
assessment scheme in place. Interview was also conducted with an ICT
practitioner (programmer). Information was also gotten online and from major educational
directory online.
1.4.0
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF STUDY
The
project is to create a web based application for student rating of teacher
effectiveness systemin order to bring teachers online and eliminate the tedium
of performing monotonous transactions. The scope covers the activities involved
in the assessment scheme which will involce student ability to only rate his
class teacher or subject teacher
Limitation of this research work is that the system will online be
available online and as such are inaccessible by student who don’t have access
online.
DEFINITION
OF TERMS
Teacher: A person who helps others to acquire knowledge, competences or values.
Rating: This
refers to the evaluation or assessment of something, in terms of quality (as
with a critic rating a novel),
quantity (as with an athlete being rated
by his or her statistics), or some combination of both.
System: A
set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting
network; a complex whole.
Effectiveness: the
degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result; success.