This document describes a student's project to design and implement a system to calculate student cumulative grade point averages (CGPAs) at Shaka Polytechnic in Benin, Nigeria. It aims to address the difficulties students face in manually calculating their CGPAs each semester. The project involves analyzing the existing manual system, identifying issues, designing a new computerized system, implementing the system using a programming language, and testing and documenting the program. The project seeks to provide an easy-to-use offline application to help students accurately track their academic performance through CGPA calculations.

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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENTS CGPA FOR
HIGHER INSTITUTION
(A CASE STUDY OF SHAKA POLYTECHNIC, BENIN)
BY
AIGBEDO HARRISON JAPHET
MAT. NO: CS/SP/13/016
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SCHOOL OF
APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHAKA
POLYTECHNIC,
BENIN CITY, EDO STATE,
JULY, 2015

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DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENTS CGPA FOR
HIGHER INSTITUTION
(A CASE STUDY OF SHAKA POLYTECHNIC, BENIN)
BY
AIGBEDO HARRISON JAPHET
MAT. NO: CS/SP/13/016
A PROJECT WORK SUBMITTED TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SCHOOL OF
APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHAKA
POLYTECHNIC,
BENIN CITY, EDO STATE,
IN PATIAL FULFIMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
AWARD OF NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN COMPUTER
SCIENCE
JULY, 2015

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APPROVAL PAGE
This is to certify that the project titled DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF STUDENTS’ CGPA FOR HIGHER INSTITUTION (A CASE STUDY OF
SHAKA POLYTECHNIC, BENIN) was duly approved in the Department of
Computer Science, School Of Applied Science And Technology, and was carried
out by Aigbedo Harrison Japhet, MAT. NO: CS/SP/13/016.
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MR. AKILO E. BABALOLA DATE
(PROJEC SUPERVISOR)
______________________ ____________
MR. AKILO E. BABALOLA DATE
(HEAD OF DEPARTMENT)
______________________ ____________
EXTERNAL EXAMINAR DATE

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DEDICATION
This project work is dedicated to God Almighty for His wondrous and
marvelous works in my life, also to my beloved family and friends for their love,
care and support.

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ACKNOWLEDMENT
I want to express my profound gratitude to GOD ALMIGHTY who has been
the source of my strength and the inspiration that keep me on throughout this
program.
My gratitude also goes to my project supervisor, who is also my; HOD MR.
AKILO E. BABALOLA for his support and fatherly counsel.
I also wish to appreciate the lecturers in my Department and those who taught
me; MR. A. N. ONUODAFIN, MR. AKIHNDENOR and ENGR. O. MICHEAL
for their lectures which has brought me this far. You are great men.
I cannot forget my beloved parents; MR JULIUS & MRS DOLLY AIGBEDO
who stood by me through thick and thin. I will be forever grateful to you. I cannot
forget my beloved family members; ELIJAH, ELISHA, SAMPUAL & GIFT may
God reward you for the love you showed me. I will always remember your great
contribution towards my education. I love you all.
My appreciation still goes to my guardian; MR. & MRS. M. E. IDEHEN and
also my mentor and role model MR OSASU IDEHEN. I will never forget the love,
care, and inspiration you gave me. May God in His infinite mercy continually bless
you. You are the best.
Finally, I want to thank all my friends and course mates; EDOSOMWAN
IRENE, OLOTU SYLVESTER, UMEH ADA, DAVID, DESMOND, ADE,
LUCKY, DOUGLAS, MICHEAL, FIDELIS.

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ABSTRACT
As a student of higher institution, it is very important to always know your
grades as this will help make the student’s academic life easier knowing their stand
in terms of their performance. Cumulative Grade Point Average is one of the most
stressful and time consuming activities that Students, Exams & Record and
Departmental Head face now and then. It is a known fact that students are finding it
hard to calculate their semester grades as the session goes by, Being one of the
difficulties every student especially the new students in campus are facing in
higher institution. This has been a concern to the student union government and the
dean of student as student meets them for help to calculate their grades often.
Therefore, Student Cumulative Grade Point Average calculation should be well
known by the student of higher institutions, and also have a program that is easy to
installed and use within their computers. This project seeks to proffer offline
procedure on Student Cumulative Grade Point Average calculation. This procedure
will be able to solve the problem of Cumulative Grade Point Aggregate calculation
in department of computer science.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ……………………………………………………………………...ii
APPROVAL PAGE ………………………………………………………………iii
DEDICATION ……………………………………………………………………iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT …………………………………………………………v
ABSTRACT ………………………………………………....……………………vi
TABLE OF CONTENT ………………………………………………....……….vii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………..1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ………………………………………..1
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ……………………………………….2
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY …………………………………………….2
1.4 SCOPEOF STUDY ………………………………………………………...2
1.5 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY …………………………………………..3
CHAPTER TWO:REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE …………………….4
2.1 BREIF HISTORYOF CASE STUDY ……………………………………...4
2.2 BREIF HISTORYOF THE STUDY …………………………………….....4
2.3 BREIF HISTORYOF GRADING …………………………………….........5
CHAPTER THREE:SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ……………………10
3.1 SYSTEM ANALYSIS ……………………………………………..………10
3.2 ANALYSIS OF THE OLD SYSTEM………….…………………..………10
3.3 PROBLEM OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM ……………………………….11
3.4 SYSTEM DESIGN …………………………………………………………11
3.5 HEIRACHY OF INPUT, PROCESS AND OUTPUT ( HIPO )…...….…...12
3.6 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARESPECIFICATION…………………….14
CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM IMPLIMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE ….15

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4.1 SYSTEM IMPLIMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE …………………15
4.2 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE USED AND WHY ……………………...15
4.3 TESTING OF THE PROGRAM…………..………………………………..15
4.4 DUCOMENTATION ……………………………………………………….16
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUTION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 SUMMARY ……………………………………………………………........18
5.2 CONCLUTION ……………………………………………...……………...18
5.3 RECOMMENDATION ………………..…………………………………...18
5.4 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY …………………………………………...19
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………...20
APPENDIX A
PROGRAMMING FORM……………………………………………………….21
APPENDIX B
SOURCECODE …………………………………………………………………25