COMBATING CERTIFICATE FRAUD IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION: A CLOUD BASED VERIFICATION SYSTEM

ABSTRACT
Academic Document fraud in particular has eaten deep into our academic institutions and this increase knows no bound due dearth of systems for proper verification. This research developed a prototype system for combating academic document fraud in tertiary institutions. It made use of Service oriented architecture Modelling Language (SoaML) to model the system. However, it integrates distributed document repository with the interoperable capabilities of web services. The system was designed, implemented, tested and documented. It however possesses the functional capabilities of combating academic certificate fraud bedeviling academic institution across the nation.