Blockchain-Based Trusted Achievement Record System Design

TL;DR

This paper proposes a blockchain-based system for creating verifiable achievement records to benefit students, employers, and educational institutions by enhancing trust, transparency, and communication of academic and extracurricular accomplishments.

Contribution

It introduces a novel blockchain design for achievement records, enabling secure, verifiable, and accessible recognition of student accomplishments across various stakeholders.

Findings

Design of a blockchain achievement record system

Enhanced trust and verifiability of academic achievements

Facilitates communication between students, industry, and universities

Abstract

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a design of a blockchain-based system, which produces a verifiable record of achievements. Such a system has a wide range of potential benefits for students, employers and higher education institutions. A verifiable record of achievements enables students to present academic accomplishments to employers, within a trusted framework. Furthermore, the availability of such a record system would enable students to review their learning throughout their career, giving them a platform on which to plan for their future accomplishments, both individually and with support from other parties (for example, academic advisors, supervisors, or potential employers). The proposed system will help students in universities to increase their extra-curricular activities and improve non-academic skills. Moreover, the system will facilitate communication between industry, students, and universities for employment purposes and simplify the search for the most appropriate potential employees for the job.