AUTOMATED BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION SYSTEM
(A CASE STUDY OF MUSAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KATSINA STATE)
BY
ZAHARADEEN AHMAD 32654
ADNAN ABDULLAHI MARAFA 32588
IBRAHIM ABDULLAHI 32700
MU’AZU BASHIR ADO 32824
MUSTAPHA SANI MUSTY 32033
A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ZAMFARA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (ZACAS) GUSAU
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DIPLOMA IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
March, 2024
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DECLARATION
we are here by declared that this project work, Titled Automated Birth And Death Registration
System (A case study of Musawa Local Government, Katsina State) was carried out by
members of group 15 Department of Information Technology Zamfara College of Arts and
Science (ZACAS) Gusau.
CERTIFICATION
This project has been read and approved as satisfying the partial requirement for the award of
Diploma in Information Technology, Zamfara College of Arts and Science (ZACAS) Gusau.
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Project Supervisor Signature/Date
MALAM IBRAHIM S. UBAIDULLAH
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Project Coordinator Signature/Date
MALAM YUNUSA LAWALI
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Head of Department Signature/Date
MALAM BABANGIDA UMAR B.
DEDICATION
This project is affectionately dedicated to our beloved parents Alh. Ahmad, Alh Abdullahi
Marafa, Alh Abdullahi, Alh Bashir Ado, and Alh Sani Musty whose un-countless supports and
contribution made us go this far, we are very grateful and may the Almighty Allah continue to
bless you abundantly. Thanks
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All praise is due to Allah the Almighty, and blessing be upon his noble prophet Muhammad
(S.A.W) and his companions and all Muslims till the end of the time Amen.
I wish to express my considerable gratitude to my supervisor, Malam Ibrahim S. Ubaidullah for
his guidance, friendship, moral and intellectual support. It has not been presented for award of
any Certificate in any institution. All sources of information are specifically acknowledged by
means of references.
ABSTRACT
The project is entitled as “AUTOMATED BIRTH AND DEATH REGISTRATION
SYSTEM”. It is developed under PHP as front end tool and MYSQL server as back end tool.
Automated Birth and Death Registration is a web-based application that auto generates birth
certificates to new born babies and those that died within Musawa Local Government.
Automated Birth and Death Registration is an effective solution for easy issuing of birth and
death certificates. Automated Birth and Death Registration System ensures transactions
between the Birth and Death Certificate server and the Admin by employing special
authentication protocols of which the employee must login with a unique username and
password before they have access to the Certificate System environments. This Automated
Birth and Death Registration System is user friendly which allows the administrators to register
a new birth record, print and view every ward that has been registered.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITTLE PAGE.................................................................................................................................
DECLARATION............................................................................................................................ii
CERTIFICATION …………………………………………………………………………….. iii
DEDICATION................................................................................................................................iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...............................................................................................................
ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................................vi
TABLE OF CONTENT …………………………………………………………………….... vii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................
1.1 Background to the study...............................................................................................
1.3 Motivation of the Study................................................................................................
1.3 Objectives of the Study................................................................................................
1.4 Organization of the Project............................................................................................
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction...................................................................................................................
2.2 Birth Certificate............................................................................................................
2.3 Problems of the Existing Birth and Death Certificate System...................................10
2.4 Review of the Proposed System.......................................................................................11
2.4.1 Overview of Using Information Technology in Birth and death Certificate..............11
2.4.2 Electronic Delivery of Birth and Death Certificate.....................................................11
2.4.3 Electronic Generation of Birth and Death Certificate.................................................12
2.4.4 Electronic Recording and Analysis of Records...........................................................12
2.4.5 Security Considerations...............................................................................................12
2.4.6 Limitation of Online Birth and Death Certificate System...........................................12
2.5 Internet and Growth of Internet Testing......................................................................14
2.6 World Wide Web and Web-Based Application..........................................................14
2.7 Database......................................................................................................................15
2.8 MYSQL.......................................................................................................................15
2.8.1 Some of MYSQL strengths.........................................................................................16
CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.......................................................18
3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................18
3.2 System Analysis..........................................................................................................18
3.2.1 Fact Finding Techniques.............................................................................................18
3.2.2 Feasibility Study..........................................................................................................18
3.3 System Design............................................................................................................20
3.3.1 Input Specification......................................................................................................21
3.4 File and Database Design...........................................................................................22
3.5 System Requirements.................................................................................................22
3.5.1 Hardware Requirement.....................................................................................................22
3.5.2 Software Requirement.......................................................................................................23
CHAPTER FOUR: IMPLEMENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION……………………... 25..
4.1 Introduction................................................................................................................25
4.2 Software Development...............................................................................................25
4.3 Software Testing and Debugging...............................................................................26
4.4 Software Implementation...........................................................................................27
4.5 Program File Security..................................................................................................34
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.....................35
5.1 Summary....................................................................................................................35
5.2 Conclusion..................................................................................................................36
5.3 Recommendation........................................................................................................36
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................38
