eSIMS Web Based School Information Management System

Every aspect of management relies on information to succeed. According to Adekeye (1997) information has become a critical resource to the organizations and individuals and should be properly managed to ensure its cost effective use. Best (1988) stated that to improve the performance of the organization, information management must be economic, efficient and effective. Information systems and organization have been highly interconnected with each other. Adekeye (1997) and Rob and Corone (2000) stated that the development and used of information is generated, accessed and distributed. The Web can be considered to be a very large semi-structured database that holds vast amounts of useful information is generated, accessed and distributed. The Web can be considered to be a very large semi-structured database that holds vast amounts of usefull information. These days, good decision requires information that comes from a manageable data storage. The internet has transformed database management system and put them in move towards Web enabled database application. Many organizations are now taking full advantage of the web in becoming web centric organization. In fact, many database professionals believe that web database as a significant element in information system development. Hence, this study discusses the database system development and framework in developing a school information management system prototype, using Apache, MySQL and PHP. The system development was designed using the Database Development Life Cycle (DBLC) approach. The web based School Information Management System prototype can be used as a reference in the implementation of web- based management system for the schools.