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The main business school of India, the SP Jain School of Global Management, has issued 1,189 blockchain-based certificates for graduates who have recently received professional degrees and certifications.
The certificates now living on the Ethereum blockchain will allow potential employers and other parties to verify the authenticity of a job seeker's qualifications without having to contact the business school. The validation process is intuitive and technical know-how will not be necessary, according to Business World.
Neither additional software or specialized equipment will be needed, as everything a potential employer or other parties will be obliged to do is scan the QR code that is printed on the certificate.
Detailed information
In addition to qualifications, other information about a graduate who will be archived on the blockchain will include the portfolio, projects and student participation. All this information will be available without compromising the privacy of graduates.
"There have been several attempts globally to issue certificates on the blockchain, but so far no one has captured the entire certification lifecycle," said SP Jain School of Global Management president Nitish Jain. "Student attendance and other private data are stored securely in the school's private blockchain and only certification data is exposed to Ethereum's public blockchain."
With the issuance of 1,189 blockchain-based educational certificates, the SP Jain School of Global Management joins a growing list of countries and institutions that turn to distributed accounting technology to stem educational frauds such as diplomas and diplomas.
Malaysia and the Caribbean
Last month, the Malaysian Ministry of Education presented a blockchain-based release and verification system for university degrees. Unlike the case of the SP Jain School of Global Management, however, Malaysia turned to the NEM blockchain. As CCN reported at the time, it was an attempt to stem the fake titles that put genuine students in trouble and endanger society in general:
"False educational certificates not only penalize genuine students, they also pose numerous dangers to society when critical areas like health care come with people with questionable skills."
Malaysia launches Blockchain certificate verification to combat grade fraud https://t.co/Qrj5Yo7dBf
– CCN (@CryptoCoinsNews) November 19, 2018
And in North America, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) last month released blockchain-based academic certificates to 24,000 candidates who had taken exams in the middle of the year. The electronic certificates based on blockchain have been archived and shared on the free and open-source Blockcerts Portfolio in a move aimed at speeding up a verification process that usually takes weeks or months.
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