Parental acceptance of the e-waris student information system

• Main Author: Takavar, Tannaz
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: T Technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48560/1/TannazTakavarMAIS2014.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48560/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:82863?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Parental+acceptance+of+the+e-waris+student+information+system&public=true
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Many schools are adopting Student Information System (SIS) as a tool to communicate between parents and school. However, the implementation of any SIS will only be fully realized if parents possess positive attitudes towards using SIS. The purpose of this study is to identify the main factors that influence on parental acceptance on the SIS, namely E-WARIS system as a case study. E-WARIS system is the Student Information System which is currently used in Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Amin, Keramat, Kuala Lumpur. The survey methodology using questionnaire was employed in this study, involving a sample of 76 parents of Sekolah Rendah Islam Al-Amin which was invited via the Sekolah Rendah Islam Al- Amin yahoo groups. The research model based on UTAUT model is developed which consist of eight constructs: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Facilitating Conditions, Social Influence, Information Quality, System Flexibility, System Interactivity and Behavioural intention. Quantitative data was evaluated using SPSS mainly on Factor analysis; Pearson’s correlation analysis and Multiple Linear regressions analysis to identify the significant variables which are effect to parental acceptance of the E-WARIS system. In general, the finding indicates that majority of parents accepted the E-WARIS system. The model contributes 46% of the variance to describe parental acceptance on the E-WARIS system.