The evolution of technology is truly
evident as the RFID has come to reality. The RFID or the Radio-Frequency
Identification is a new access control measure implemented in Bukidnon State
University. This is to help in managing the continuing increase of the number
of students in the said institution. It took years for the school to study,
review, and fund the project before it was initially implemented last school
year. Thus, students are then encouraged to upgrade their ID. In that period of
implementation, the effects have been witnessed by everybody, especially by the
students as primary affected by the project. These reflect that there are many
things to consider regarding the implementation. It is important for the school
administrators to give it another thought. Therefore, they should consider the
students’ concerns about it.
BSU is known for its tag line “a
special place for teaching and learning. Thus, the administration together with
the staff and the faculty are doing their best to provide student a meaningful
learning experience. To this, the first factor to consider is to ensure the
safety of the students. This encouraged the university to pursue the RFID
project. The main goal of the RFID implementation is to provide students
security. This is to prevent unauthorized entrance especially that there were
incidents already wherein non-students had freely enter the school premises
that alarmed the school administrators. The thought that outsiders can come in
and out of the campus feared them for the possibility that they might harm and affect
the students.
The aim of the RFID is truly
convincing. However, after months of implementation, we see how it causes
hassle to the students. Most affected students are those who have 7:30 am class
schedule. This rush hour always causes the students to cram full at the
entrance gate. It is not surprising anymore that you will be greeted with a crowded
gate every morning and expect for 5
minutes delay or more before you can actually enter in the school and be on
class. The annoyed faces of the students are proof how the project affects them.
No wonder, students often heard say “traffic na pud, dugay-dugay raman na oi!”
Another problem is the very obvious
fact that the new identification system does not ensure the safety of students,
realizing that outsiders can still go in and out at the school campus. As long
as they have the RFID that they can possibly steal or borrow from BSU students
that can give them the access to do their business inside the university. Who
could ever forget the stealing incident inside the campus? That was remarkably
alarming when one time, an individual wearing BSU uniform was caught on act
stealing student’s cell phone and he was not able to present an ID when asked
by the school guard; only to find out he was not a student of BSU. It is
definitely frightening that there are these people who are capable of doing
evil things inside the campus in spite of the security measures the university is
implementing because anyone can still enter in the school premises even with
false identification.
The main reason that could also be
blamed on this so called entrance traffic is the gate that does not correspond
to the needed space for such project. There are only 3 RFID detectors that
could only let four students to enter at the same time. If only the school
could have a gate that could allow many students to enter to evade the passage
delay of the students then this issue could have been avoided. In implementing
this project, it would be much better if there are more than 8 way in to
accommodate the entrance of almost 10, 000 population in the institution. This
only shows that the school is not yet capable of administering the RFID system.
Truly with the purest intentions of
the RFID implementation regarding the security of the students for better
services, it may be a good idea to come up with this kind of system. However,
the outcomes of the project that greatly affect the students are evidence that
the school is not yet capable of implementing the identification system. So,
think about it and reflect: RFID is it for better or worse?
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