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International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security (국제컴퓨터통신보호논문지학회)
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Graduates' Progression Tracking System

  • Amjad Althubiti (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Razan Alharthi (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Rneem Alqarni (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Haya Alharthi (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Fawziah Alzahrani (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Shahad Alotaibi (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Mona Al-Qahtaniy (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University) ;
  • Mrim Alnfiai (Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information Technology, Taif University)
  • Received : 2024.06.05
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

Universities are open systems that aim to prepare students to meet academic and industrial programs' expectations. It is important for universities to recognize these expectations and to make sure that they are achievable. To do so, graduates' progression tracking system is an essential tool for universities' development to ensure graduate students meet the market requirements. The purpose of this paper is to create automatic tracing system that captures information about students after graduation and creates annual report that represents the status of university students in term of employment or completing their study. It mainly assists graduates to find appropriate jobs that meet their desires or enabling them to complete their higher education by providing all these opportunities in one platform. The system main objective is to improve communication between graduate students, the university and companies. It also aims to identify the difficulties associated with graduate employability and changes are required to serve current students in term of creating new programs or activities. This helps universities to identify and address the existing curriculums and program's strengths and weaknesses and their adequacy, quality and competencies of a graduate in the labor market, which enhances the quality of higher education. we analyzed and implemented the tracing system using PHP language, which speeds up custom web application development and MySQL database, which guarantee data security, high performance, and other features. Graduate students found the proposed system usable and valuable.

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