The Use of Blockchain Technology for the Validation and Certification of Competencies in Education
Marian Ileana, Angel Popgeorgiev · 2024
This article inquires how blockchain technology can be utilized to improve validation and certification of skills in education to ensure a transparent, secure, and verifiable record of the knowledge that students acquire. Blockchain technology is introduced followed by an analysis of previous works using it in education. The paper presents key benefits for using blockchain technology for educational certification and proposes an architecture how it can be utilized in the diploma awarding process for graduates that makes validation accessible and secure. The architecture utilizing blockchain in education provides an efficient and secure way to verify academical skills, eliminating possibilities for fraud and irregularities in the graduation process.