A Proposed RFID Based Student Attendance System

Abstract

The majority of universities in the developing countries are still using a paper sheet for checking students' attendance. The use of an alternative system is becoming an urgent necessity to manage the students' attendance record automatically. The RFID enables the university management to adopt such emerging new technology to enhance the university's monitoring system, taking into account factors such as reliability, time saving, and easy control. This paper describes the design and development of a student attendance system in terms of hardware and software. The RFID readers are simulated using the Rifidi Platform and the system is integrated with a database handling system to obtain complete system functionality where the information could be manipulated in real time.