A Multifactor Student Attendance Management System Using Fingerprint Biometrics and RFID Techniques

Attendance is an important factor for measuring eligibility, commitment and record keeping for assessment of students and employees. Several automated attendance systems have been developed. These systems are mostly based on single factor template based, which pose a security fault line. This paper presents the development of a multifactor attendance system that employs the flexibility of RFID technology and the security of fingerprint biometrics to manage students’ attendance record. Performance evaluation in terms of response time and event using 10 students shows that average execution time of approximately 4.61 seconds could be achieved. Likewise, the system recorded zero percent (0%) of false reject, which tries the system reliability and integrity of the result. KeywordsRFID; Fingerprint Biometric; Cryptography; Authentication; Security.