The Real Problem in Enrolment

The Real Problem in Enrolment
Editorial & Column Writing



This semester, the registrar’s office established a new procedure for the enrollment. They assigned advisers for every department to guide students of what and what not subjects to take. There are different enrolment schedule assigned for every year level. Adamsonians were required to bring their true copy of grades to be presented to the adviser. Then after listing down your choices of subjects for the semester, you queue up for the adviser’s lane on your department office. Once he/she has approved your enrolment form you can now encode your subjects to the computer laboratory assigned to your college. It may seem quite easy for students belonging in a block section. Because regular students belonging in free sections and irregular students found this new enrolment setup more complicated than before.

If Adamson University registrar thinks this previous enrolment eased the burden of enrollees, most Adamsonians particularly the non-block and irregular students, think otherwise. For the last 4 years, Adamsonians has never experienced a completely hassle-free enrolment. It usually takes up half a day for a student to have his/her subjects encoded. Worse, it could even consume a whole day if some computer laboratory breaks down. Or when the computer said that a subject is not credited yet for course shifters (even when you have already undergone the creditation process), they had to follow up their creditation form to be able to take the requisite subject. It’s hard work to run around the university lining up on queues to do something you have already done before. Worst, is when you are suggested to come back the next day or the next week if some errors occurred on your assessment form or it’s not your schedule yet to enroll. This could be really a pain the butt for students who travel all the way from their provinces just to enroll for the semester.

There is absolutely nothing wrong in implementing new procedures if the intention is to ease a process. It is good to know that the registrar tries hard to come up with a more effective way for enrolment. But the problem is they’re looking at the wrong side of the problem. There is actually no problem with the procedures whether new or not. The problem is in the computer system. It isn’t updated regularly and most of them are old. Speed is also a major problem with the computers. So whatever the procedure may be if the medium used isn’t taken care of properly, change and convenience could be impossible to achieve.


“If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it”.
~Mary Engelbreit