Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): The QUEST: Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development
Articles

I-Secure: An Application of Blockchain Technology for the NEUST Graduate School Enrolment System

  • Jerry Lucas,
  • Joseph Del Carmen,
  • Ronaldin Bauat
Jerry Lucas
National University Philippines
Joseph Del Carmen
Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
Ronaldin Bauat
Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.60008/thequest.v4i1.250

Published 06/30/2025

Keywords

  • Agile Methodology,
  • Enrolment system,
  • Blockchain,
  • ISO/IEC 25010,
  • Quantitative research

How to Cite

Lucas, J., Del Carmen, J., & Bauat, R. (2025). I-Secure: An Application of Blockchain Technology for the NEUST Graduate School Enrolment System. The QUEST: Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.60008/thequest.v4i1.250

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Abstract

This paper proposed the design and assessment of I-Secure—a blockchain-based enrollment payment system for the NEUST Graduate School. The product was created specifically to address issues around how cumbersome the manual payment process is, not to mention how slow, opaque, and insecure. The goal of this study was to develop an online system for enrollment that would be secure, transparent, and easy to use and would be integrated with the existing institution’s systems.

The research design used in the study was quantitative studies with the use of Agile Software Development Methodology. A RESTful Application Programming Interface (API) was built to connect the web interface and the blockchain network. The system evaluation was based on the ISO/IEC 25010:2011 Software Product Quality Requirements covering functional suitability, performance efficiency, compatibility, usability, reliability, security, maintainability, and portability. Information was received from expert and graduate students selected based on a purposive random method and analyzed based on weighted mean.

Findings revealed that the system was very functionally suitable, very efficient, very compatible, very usable, very reliable, very secure, very maintainable, and very portable. Such evaluations indicate that users are highly satisfied with the performance of the scheme in terms of usability, secure transaction handling, and its integration capabilities.

One of the distinctive properties of I-Secure is its stable digital token linked to the Philippine peso, promoting and following national monetary standards, as well as predictability in transactions. Additionally, the survey brought home the salience of the system to the MSIT program by pointing out its practical realization of modern development techniques and QA practices.

Conclusion This study proved that I-Secure resolves many of the shortfalls in the process of enrollment payment and offers a highly secure, reliable, and scalable platform. It also proposed the creation of a separate team to maintain further system development and ensure stability for the future.

Keywords: Agile software development; Blockchain; Enrolment system; Iso/iec 25010; Quantitative research

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