CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Integration of documentation and knowledge based computerized service in information system is a tremendous means to help management in their daily practices and to improve its quality. Ahaiwe, (2007) With the national dividing financial budgetary allocation, nature academic planning is essential for proper channeling of our limited resources provisions for lecture rooms and office spaces seen to have been neglected for the previous years. Academics have been in chaos; student admission has been on the increase without regard to available infrastructure. According to Ahaiwe, (2007) Available classroom spaces have insufficient desks, table and chairs. Partially due to over blown student population, examinations are difficult to conduct and examination script are not yet computerized only in first year and second years. Library facilities need to be coordinated, with all these, a good academic planning which would encompass short, median and long term planning is necessary in the institution. For this purpose, an academic planning unit is one word for proper articulation of academic activities. Therefore, it is hoped that the design and implementation of an integrated software suite for academic planning unit would provide a flexible and reliable management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Anigbogu, (2000)