PITB Online College Admissions System Pakistan

Name of the Organization : Punjab Information Technology Board
Type of Facility : Online College Admissions System
State : Punjab
Country : Pakistan

Website : http://pitb.gov.pk/ocas

Related : OCAS Punjab Online College Admissions System Pakistan : www.statusin.org/1155.html

Online College Admissions System :

A comparison of the traditional application method and OCAS is shown below :
Traditional Application Method :
Long Queues : Paper application forms need to be collected at college premises, filled out, and deposited again at the college manually.

Applicants can deposit application fee at any branch of Bank of Punjab across the Country.

Error-prone entry : All information needs to be filled-in by hand. All verification done manually. Colleges tabulate manual forms, and therefore, add yet another error-prone step in the process.
Single location for fee payment : Application fee deposited at the College.
Cumbersome application tracking : Applicants have to physically visit colleges to find out status of their lists applications
Merit list at College : Merit lists are posted in most cases, on college premises, requiring applicants to physically visit the campuses to find out if they are admitted.

OCAS :
OCAS aims to reduce the hassle as well as costs associated with applying for admissions to intermediate and public degree colleges in Punjab.

No Queues : Applicants can apply from anywhere (where an Internet connection is available).
Minimal data-entry : OCAS works off of the softcopy of Matriculation Data provided by the 8 BISEs in Punjab, minimizing the amount of information that the candidate has to fill-in, thereby, minimizing data errors.
Online Application Status : Applicants can see the status of their applications over the internet, and on college websites.
Online Merit list Availability : Applicants can view Merit lists online on college websites.

Apply Online : http://www.ocas.punjab.gov.pk/

Technology Stack :
Software Application : Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 – “proven product” with large deployment base worldwide
Backend Database : Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Web Development Technology : Microsoft Dot Net Platform
Load-Testing : Software Application and Infrastructure tested for 4000 concurrent user load
Hosting : At designated Tier-III Data-Center Server Architecture: 2 Web Servers (Load Balanced), 2 Database Servers (Load Balanced), 2 Application Servers (Load Balanced), and 1 Reporting Server (SSRS). All servers possess high-end specifications
Minimal Software Licenses : 1 CRM Enterprise Server CAL and 1 CRM User CAL has been consumed in the whole application. By leveraging the use of External Connector, an online web-based interface had been provided to the students as well as the college administrators to be able to interact with the CRM Application System

For More Details: http://pitb.gov.pk/ocas