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Cardano developer IOHK has announced a new partnership with the government of Ethiopia that is focused on digitalizing the country's education system, according to a press release shared with U.Today.
The Atala PRISM identity solution will be used for recording and monitoring the grades of 5 million local students across 3,500 schools.
The main aim of the initiative is to reduce bogus university applications and make it possible to check the validity of the students' grades without relying on the assistance of third parties.
Bringing more transparency to the grading process could increase social mobility and improve employment opportunities for rural Ethiopians.
IOHK's John O’Connor claims that Cardano is now "mature enough" to serve an entire nation:
Ethiopia’s blockchain-based education transformation is a key milestone on IOHK’s mission to provide economic identities and employment, social and financial services for the digitally excluded. After five years of R&D, Cardano is now mature enough to underpin a blockchain solution which can scale to serve an entire national population.