Blockchain
Cardano founder Charles HOSKINSON shared an replace on an initiative in Ethiopia taken final yr. In 2021, IOG, the developer of Cardano, signed a partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Training to create a nationwide system for digital grade verification and distant monitoring of progress, in addition to verifying the id of scholars and lecturers.
The Ethiopian Federal Training Authorities have begun implementing digital id playing cards (ID) for college students and lecturers as a part of a nationwide blockchain-based program. In keeping with Zelalem ASSEFA, director of ICT and digital training on the ministry, knowledge entry ought to begin subsequent month. Practically two dozen public faculties have been chosen to take part.
The digital ID playing cards, which can be launched in main and secondary faculties and later in increased training, can be linked to a registry system that can be used for distant grade verification and progress monitoring. Officers hope that half 1,000,000 digital IDs can be issued by the tip of this yr. There are at the moment lower than 100,000 IDs registered.
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