Blockchain Technology in The Education System: Certificates & Identity Management

Abstract

Blockchain is starting to impact outside the world of digital currency. Even though most of them have a pilot nature, some applications of it also timidly make an appearance in education. Nevertheless, the piloting and some high expectations around it have prompted some inquiries about the nature of the technology, its applications, how it might be employed in education, and the opportunities, risks, and challenges it entails. Students self-identify in the present educational systems using various governmentapproved identity credentials. Additionally, college officials manually verify their prior degree certificates throughout the admissions process. A lot of time and labor must be put into this. A blockchain-based system has the potential to be more efficient, secure, and transparent than the current one. The suggested remedy involves combining biometrics and blockchain to access all of a student's prior degree certificates. The hash of the student's biometric information and an original phrase will be submitted. The blockchain will keep a copy of this hash. The college administration will issue the student's degree certificate. With its dependability, sturdiness, and performance, the blockchain infrastructure used by the Bitcoin application has drawn attention. The blockchain is therefore made available to reach enormous populations. Despite being the technology of the future, the blockchain has a number of drawbacks that vary depending on the application. The identity of certificates has become a big problem. I wish to employ the blockchain approach in the higher education process application was not open to students.