New Student Information Management System enables online registration

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Students register online using the new Student Information Management System.

PNG UNRE has developed a very effective Student Information Management System.

The system is fully automated and now enables students to register online. It has also made it easier for different University sections to upload or access student information.

Manager of Islands Software Francis Kikile said the University environment made it very conducive to develop the System and it challenged him to improve it a step further. 

He explained that the UNRE Student Information Management System (SIMS) is stored in Cloud. 

“So we make use of the Cloud. I completely redesigned all the processes I built for the past months. This is the first time that all the requirements of the University are encoded to the system. Once a student logs in the system to register they can be able to see their financial records and other information,” he explained.

The grading module is also inbuilt into the system so students can be able to see their academic results.

As of yesterday, 104 students have registered online while the system recorded 364 students eligible to register. A total of 428 students have registered as of yesterday (Feb 24) evening. Some students registered manually.

Mr Kikile believes that by next year students will register at home before traveling to UNRE. This will solve some of the problems they encountered, especially with school fee payment.

Students interviewed were glad about being able to register online.

They said Online Registration is a good concept because students do not have to stand in queues. They can login anywhere on campus to register. They also mentioned that the system is easy to understand. 

Meanwhile, University Registrar Mrs Jennifer Popat emphasised at an Orientation Committee meeting that the University will not accept guarantee letters from sponsors.

They must understand that in any university, students pay compulsory fees to register and attend classes. 

Students applying for the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) must also pay the compulsory fee and at least 50% of the boarding and lodging fee in order to be registered. They can apply for HELP to pay the balance of the fees.

Mrs Popat also added that students requesting the University to transfer funds from their account to another so that they can help their friends is forbidden, unless a verifiable authorisation letter is received from the sponsor, whether it is a Provincial Government or their parents.

Classes for the 2022 Academic Year begin on Monday. 

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