DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC SCHOOL ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH SMS NOTIFICATION (eSAIS-SMS)

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to provide an efficient mechanism in reminding the parents of the pupils enrolled at Estancia Seventh Day Adventist Elementary School with regards to the billing of their monthly tuition. As such, schedules of fees as well as other important information were distributed through the use of SMS technology. Specifically, this paper sought to design and develop the Electronic School Accounting Information System with SMS Notification (eSAIS-SMS) and evaluate its levels of functionality, usability and performance as perceived by the target users. A total of 164 respondents participated in the study to include five experts, two employees of the school and the 157 parents of the pupils enrolled at the said school for SY 2019-2020. The data were gathered through a survey questionnaire that primarily solicited feedbacks from respondents using the ISO/IEC 9126 Model. Descriptive research design was employed to describe the observations of the respondents based on the set objectives. Findings of the study revealed that the functionality of the system product, the level of usability as well as its performance were all described as “Very Good”. These findings suggested that respondents were impressed by the response time and throughput processes of the developed system. It was able to provide real-time information through automatic response feedback using SMS with utmost precision