Topic: [2016-05-19] School In San Francisco Begins Recording Student Achievements...... (Read 167 times)

School In San Francisco Begins Recording Student Achievements Through Blockchain

San Francisco based Holberton School of software engineering begins using public blockchain to record, verify and track student credentials.

The educational institution announced on October 2015 that it has become the world's first school to deliver academic certificates secured and accessible via the blockchain. It also said that this ensures high-quality certificate recognition for Holberton School students and tackling the threats of false resumes and fake certificates.

The school also announced a partnership with Bitproof, a startup specialized in documents certification in the blockchain. Bitproof is an online blockchain notary that delivers cryptographic timestamped proofs of integrity using the blockchain technology.

A press release by HireRight exposed a candidate who lied on the resume. To solve such struggles that companies face, Holberton School has chose to store students records through blockchain. "Lying about education credentials is a common problem, and today it is very easy to counterfeit academic diplomas and certificates," said Blake Haggerty, recruiter at CoreOS in the press release. He added that, "In addition, the process to check someone's degree is quite laborious, as you need to get the school's contact information, reach the right person and do it again for every candidate. Medium and big companies often delegate this task to third parties as it is very time and money consuming."

http://www.econotimes.com/School-In-San-Francisco-Begins-Recording-Student-Achievements-Through-Blockchain-210094