WE STILL DON’T NEED TO CLAP FOR THE ADMIN by The Real Eye Correspondent. One good doesn’t cancel all the other wrongs. That’s why I would be a little reluctant to hail the University of Eldoret Administration for stepping the game up a little by introducing the ERP system. Fine, at least for the improvement; one or two praises won’t do harm. But it’s not worth changing perceptions. Even the system itself has vivid shortcomings, some silent while others glaring; like a frustrating sign-up process, delayed passwords, inability to sustain simultaneous access by the numerous users from different access points. Now, while still praising a system that perhaps had just failed and send us back to our manual world, let’s look at the other side of it all. I’d compare it to the famous IEBC Electronic Voter Identification (EVID) kits (some call it Biometric) that were the talk in town just before they sent the whole electoral process into the manual realm. You cannot access universitys services,ELECTR ONICALLY as alleged earlier on its launch. For instance,to access Accomodation is chaotic,you cannot book a room online! Why couldnt they just link the system from the. Bank Account to the “online thing”? They should make online booking more accessible and leave it at that instead of putting comrades through a frustrating process of banking fees then submitting a document that takes ages queuing to be issued a accessible room, and depending on your patience,you queue for at least 4days since those working in the department arrive late and go for meals that takes them years to be back. Then you still have to wait for a manual confirmation from the house keeper. Meaning it is NOT A GUARANTEE that you will get that room you intended. In other terms, it means that as they get to room issued, comrades will still have to queue, struggle and even part with some “chai” just to get the three basic confirmations of room allocation: a room key mattress and dustbin! Manual it is! Remember even the very important concepts are still yet to be implemented ;electronic results- presented to each comrades portal account- And I’m still wondering who will tackle the missing marks, non- existent campus wide wireless internet access and inadequate bed space. (Of course after a week, hundreds will still be “accommodation-less”.) PARTING SHOT: Ever noticed that the UoE website is so limited on student information yet so full of admin stuff? From the Governor’s courtesy call to the VC’s partnership with organizations, blah blah! And photos are there to support the claims, making one think that the snaps were taken with intended purposes. It more or less looks like an advertising page; uBid Google+ or OLX!
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 07:34:56 +0000
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