The incessant occurrence of examination malpractices among Nigerian students as assumed alarming
dimensions. Students have invented different devious schemes in order to beat existing manual procedures
that are currently used to certify students for examination and prevent examination malpractices. This paper
presents the design and implementation of a biometric RFID system for student authentication during
examinations. The class attendance RFID and biometric solution provides access authentication in other to
check illegitimate persons from gaining access into designated places. The former procedure is that students
had to print their Course Evaluation Sheets, and tender it to invigilators before they are allowed to sit for an
exam. This solution came as a response to increased cases of examination mal-practices, which stemmed
from students writing answers on the Course Evaluation Sheets. The developed system engages an RFID
enabled card or biometric data that is read from a database or a green list to ascertain eligibility, in which
case, students are no longer expected to bring any paper to the exam venue. The system has ability to store
blacklisted individuals in order to alert or prevent such from individuals gaining access to examination halls.
The deployment and active use of the systems in Covenant University reveals the system is efficient and
reliable.
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