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Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has entered into an exclusive agreement with Singapore-based smart contract platform TomoChain to store student records on a blockchain, TomoChain announced Wednesday.
According to the announcement, the National Qualifications Archive program will upload all certifications obtained by Vietnam high school and higher education students onto TomoChain’s public blockchain to create a transparent and immutable record. Qualifications are currently handled by education and training institutions, resulting in delays in verification processes by recruiting and HR agencies, the statement said.
Record keeping and identity verification are applications of blockchain technology that could be applied to public administration. Earlier this year, US lawmakers called on President Trump’s administration to consider using blockchain technology to update health and supply records and to use the technology to accelerate the verification of the identities of the people they will receive. benefits from the government.
“The management of degrees and certificates is a problem that needs to be solved by technology, which is significant for the whole society and also cost-effective for the degree management system in particular, and education in general.” Vietnam Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc said in a press release.
The archive initiative is Vietnam’s largest exploration of blockchain technology to date and marks the first instance of a public blockchain adopted nationwide by a major government, the announcement says.
A number of countries and educational institutions have tested blockchain-based ledgers to keep student records. In 2017, Malta’s ministry of education reached an agreement with a blockchain startup to track student credentials and academic documents on a blockchain. The same year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) released 100 degrees on a blockchain as part of a pilot program.
Headquartered in Singapore, TomoChain has additional offices in Vietnam and Japan. It has its own TomoDEX crypto exchange powered by a TomoX level one protocol launched earlier this year.
In September 2020, TomoChain acquired Lition, a German company that provides public and private blockchain solutions with erasable data capabilities.
After a trial in Vietnam, up to 1.5 million diplomas of all kinds from educational institutions under the MOET will be entered into the system. The national system is expected to be implemented for the 2020-2021 school year, TomoChain said.
