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1. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY1.0 Introduction and Background of the Study Innovation have made possible for the operations of the computer easy enoughin processing record systems such as, creation of data records, storing, filing andretrieval of data. The San Mateo Municipal College has increased in student`spopulation and at the same time, the number of works of the registrar and student`sgrades to be processed has also increased. One of the responsibilities of the registraroffice is to keep the student`s grades data secured for their records and purposes. In order to provide an affordable and accessible tertiary to the youth andresidents of the Municipality of San Mateo, they passed and signed Ordinance No.2004-013 which established the Pamantasan ng Bayan ng San Mateo. PBSM formally opened its doors in 2005 to the first 306 San Mateo Collegestudents. Mr. Narciso E. Quesada is the one who founded the Pamantasan ng Bayanng San Mateo. He is also the first president of PBSM. On June 2, 2011, PBSM was renamed to San Mateo Municipal College throughordinance No. 2011-008. The student population reached a total of 1033 in school year2012-2013. Mr. Roberto C. San Pedro is the current president of SMMC. In the total of 1033 students, there are 529 first year students on a percentage of51.21%; 266 second year students on a percentage of 25.75%; 115 third year studentson a percentage of 11.13%; and 123 fourth year students on a percentage of 11.90%. There are 6 colleges on SMMC; there are Bachelor of Science in Accountancy,Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in OfficeAdministration, Bachelor in Elementary Education, Bachelor in Secondary EducationMajor in English and Bachelor of Arts Major in English. They also have two (2) TESDA 1
2. Programs; there are Consumer Electronics Servicing and Computer HardwareServicing. In...