BCEAP - A Blockchain Embedded Academic Paradigm to Augment Legacy Education through Application

Abstract

Education plays an important role in the economic and social progress of any community. Currently, the higher education system needs immense of enhancements for fulfilling essential needs of the productive and beneficial educational environment. The major challenges faced by the higher education system is the verification of student's data at the time of admission in the university. Current admission system requires a lot of time along with an excess of human resources. there is no mechanism for the authentication of degrees and educational certificates in Pakistan. In this paper, the proposed system based on blockchain technology. This system can validate and verify degree/certificates. The proposed system can verify and validate the student's educational record from respective educational stakeholders like HEC, PEC, IBCC. It allows students to apply for admission using the single platform at a few clicks. Using blockchain, this system is secure, tamper-resistant, time saving, efficient and reliable.