To create a public blockchain for archiving student records, the Vietnamese government has partnered with Singapore’s Tomochain.
TomoChain, a Singapore-based company that makes smart contracts, announced Wednesday it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to archive student data on a blockchain.
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According to the announcement, the National Qualifications Archive program will upload all certifications achieved by Vietnam’s high school and higher education students to the TomoChain public to create a transparent and immutable record. Qualifications are currently managed by educational and training institutions, resulting in delayed verification processes by recruitment agencies and human resources, the statement said.
A recent announcement regarding Vietnam’s National Qualifications Archive program announced that all certificates earned by high school and university students would be uploaded to the TomoChain public blockchain for transparency and immutability.
Blockchain technology can be used for record-keeping and identity verification in public administration.
A few months ago, U.S. lawmakers called on President Trump’s administration to consider using blockchain technology to upgrade health care and supply registries and to use the technology to speed up verifying identities of individuals due to receive government benefits.
“Diploma and certificate management is an issue that needs to be resolved by technology, which is significant for the whole of society and also cost-efficient for the diploma management system in particular, and education in general,” Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc said in a press statement.
According to the announcement, this is Vietnam’s largest exploration of blockchain technology to date and marks the first instance of a public blockchain being adopted at a national level by a major government.
The use of blockchain-based registries to store student records has been tested by several countries and academic institutions. A blockchain startup and Malta’s Ministry of Education struck a deal to track student credentials and academic records on a blockchain earlier this year. As part of a pilot program, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) issued 100 diplomas on a blockchain.
