[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":122},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/moe-escroll-blockchain-degrees-2018":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"authorPic":7,"body":8,"category":111,"coverPics":18,"date":112,"description":113,"extension":114,"meta":115,"navigation":116,"path":117,"seo":118,"stem":119,"type":120,"__hash__":121},"blogs/blog/moe-escroll-blockchain-degrees-2018.md","Malaysian university degrees go on the blockchain with e-Scroll","Malaysia Blockchain Association Team","https://api.dicebear.com/7.x/avataaars/svg?seed=mba-team-3",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":102},"minimark",[11,19,22,34,39,42,49,53,60,63,68],[12,13,14],"p",{},[15,16],"img",{"alt":17,"src":18},"On-chain Malaysia","/img/blog/gen/moe-escroll-blockchain-degrees-2018.svg",[12,20,21],{},"One of Malaysia's first concrete government blockchain deployments is here — and it tackles a very real problem: fake degrees.",[12,23,24,25,29,30,33],{},"The Ministry of Education has unveiled ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"e-Scroll",", a blockchain-based system for issuing and verifying university degree certificates, built on the ",[26,31,32],{},"NEM blockchain",". The system is a response to widespread degree fraud from online \"diploma mills\" that sell convincing but worthless certificates.",[35,36,38],"h2",{"id":37},"how-it-works","How it works",[12,40,41],{},"Certificate data is stored on-chain, and every printed certificate carries a QR code. An employer scanning the code can verify a graduate's degree in seconds — no phone calls to registrars, no waiting for confirmation letters.",[12,43,44,45,48],{},"The system was developed by a consortium of six public universities led by the ",[26,46,47],{},"International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)",", with Universiti Utara Malaysia, UTM, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu and UiTM as founding members.",[35,50,52],{"id":51},"first-graduates-on-chain","First graduates on-chain",[12,54,55,56,59],{},"On 10 November 2018, roughly ",[26,57,58],{},"200 graduating PhD students"," at IIUM's convocation became the first recipients of blockchain-verified degrees in Malaysia. The launch drew international coverage — a reminder that practical, unglamorous use cases like credential verification are often where blockchain earns its keep.",[12,61,62],{},"The association sees e-Scroll as an encouraging template: a clear problem, a measurable saving in verification time, and a public institution willing to build. We hope more agencies follow.",[64,65,67],"h3",{"id":66},"references","References",[69,70,71,81,88,95],"ul",{},[72,73,74],"li",{},[75,76,80],"a",{"href":77,"rel":78},"https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/11/09/malaysian-government-universities-team-to-put-degrees-on-a-blockchain",[79],"nofollow","CoinDesk — \"Malaysian Government, Universities Team to Put Degrees on a Blockchain\" (9 Nov 2018)",[72,82,83],{},[75,84,87],{"href":85,"rel":86},"https://medium.com/@NEM_SEA/malaysias-education-ministry-uses-nem-to-set-up-a-university-degree-verification-system-db5447ded9c9",[79],"NEM Southeast Asia — implementation details",[72,89,90],{},[75,91,94],{"href":92,"rel":93},"https://www.lowyat.net/2018/173048/ministry-of-education-will-verify-e-scrolls-using-blockchain-technology/",[79],"Lowyat.NET — \"Ministry Of Education Will Verify e-Scrolls Using Blockchain Technology\"",[72,96,97],{},[75,98,101],{"href":99,"rel":100},"https://archive.opengovasia.com/2018/11/27/malaysia-unveils-blockchain-based-certificate-verification/",[79],"OpenGov Asia — \"Malaysia unveils blockchain-based certificate verification\" (27 Nov 2018)",{"title":103,"searchDepth":104,"depth":104,"links":105},"",2,[106,107],{"id":37,"depth":104,"text":38},{"id":51,"depth":104,"text":52,"children":108},[109],{"id":66,"depth":110,"text":67},3,"News","2018-11-10","The Ministry of Education unveils e-Scroll, a NEM-blockchain system for issuing and verifying degree certificates. Around 200 IIUM PhD graduates become the first Malaysians to receive blockchain-verified degrees.","md",{},true,"/blog/moe-escroll-blockchain-degrees-2018",{"title":5,"description":113},"blog/moe-escroll-blockchain-degrees-2018","blog","rB5d_Soxf3otjtyHEsLzA-n0SN6_SM6fkTJ4OO9o668",1784183600653]