Kenya puts 30M exam records on Avalanche blockchain
Kenya’s National Examinations Council placed over 30 million exam records on the Avalanche blockchain to allow on-chain verification and help curb forged certificates.
Kenya’s National Examinations Council placed more than 30 million academic records on the Avalanche blockchain, the council and Avalanche announced on Monday. The system is intended to enable on-chain verification of certificates and address widespread certificate forgery.
The verification service is live and covers decades of exams administered by KNEC. Employers, universities and other institutions will be able to check submitted credentials directly on the public Avalanche network against entries stored on-chain.
Kenya reports thousands of forged academic certificates each year. The council described the blockchain platform as a way to reduce fraud and speed credential checks.
Neither KNEC nor Avalanche provided figures for current adoption by students, graduates, employers or educational institutions. The announcement did not specify whether graduates must opt in or how historical records were transferred to the blockchain.
Avalanche, in a video about the project, called the effort ‘bringing tamper-proof e-certification to Kenya on Avalanche.’ The company presented the rollout as one of its larger public-sector deployments, extending use beyond decentralized finance and digital assets into government record-keeping.
It is not clear whether the deployment will create direct demand for Avalanche’s native token, AVAX. Market data show AVAX fell about 1.1% on the day of the announcement and remained roughly 69% below its level a year earlier.
KNEC oversees national examinations and issues official certificates in Kenya. The council expects the on-chain archive to shorten verification times and reduce administrative work for institutions that hire or admit people based on educational records.
Key implementation details remain unanswered: how records were selected and uploaded, what privacy protections are in place, who can perform verifications, and how long the council will maintain the on-chain archive. KNEC and Avalanche have not published timelines or adoption targets.
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