DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTERIZED CAREER CHOICE COUNSELLING SYSTEM

(CASE STUDY OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELOR, UNIVERSITY SECONDARY SCHOOL)

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Department of Computer Science

ABSTRACT

This project work is design to give insight to the computerized choice counseling System. A lot of youth are face with challenges on which carrier to go into after leaving secondary school. Many have made a lot of mistake in terms of selecting which carrier to go into because many of them are not properly guarded. With the Development of this computerized Carrier Choice Counseling system our youth will be well equipped when making a choice.

Counseling is the skills of helping people cope with personal difficulties through interviews and other procedures, with the aim of allowing them to reach solutions to those difficulties themselves. The term covers a wide spectrum of therapeutic activity, from practical advice given during one or two meetings to sympathetic attention over months or years. Counselors may specialize in particular areas, such as bereavement, trauma after battle or disaster, or living with serious illness. Other counselors help particular groups, such as teenagers, the unemployed, or refugees. Married couples in difficulties or troubled families may seek counseling together.

This is project work is achieved by the help of programming language like visual basic which is used for creating the program interface and Microsoft Access which is used for database creation of various carrier opportunity available in our society. Links are made between the Visual Interface and Database created for effective running of the program.

ORGANIZATION OF WORK

This project work is primarily designed to give an insight into Computerized Career Choice Counseling System.

Chapter one talks about introduction to computer assisted learning, Computerized Career Choice Counseling System , study of problem and objectives as well as definition of the scope.

Chapter two comprises the literature review. Chapter three gives the detailed information about the existing (old) system, while chapter four and five deals with the design and implantation of new system.

Chapter six documents the project work, while chapter seven summaries, conclusion and suggestions were made.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Certification ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract v

Table of contents vii

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 State of the problem 2

1.3 Purpose of the study 3

1.4 Aims and objectives 3

1.5 Scope of study 5

1.6 Limitations of study 5

1.7 Assumptions 6

1.8 Definition of terms 7

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Description and analysis of existing system 15

3.2 Fact finding method used 17

3.3 Organization structure 19

3.4 Objectives of Existing system 21

3.5 Input, Process and Output Analysis 22

3.6 Information Flow Diagrams 26

3.7 Problems of the Existing System 27

3.8 Justification of the New System 28

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Design of the New System 30

4.2 Input Specification and design 30

4.3 Output specification and design 32

4.4 File Design 34

4.5 Procedure chart 36

4.6 System flow chart 38

4.7 System requirements 40

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Implementation 42

5.2 Program Design 45

5.3 Program Flowchart 48

5.4 Pseudo code 54

5.5 Source Program: Test Run 59

CHAPTER SIX

Documentation 60

CHAPTER SEVEN

7.1 Recommendation 62

7.2 Conclusion 64

Bibliography 65