When refugees flee war-torn nations, they often leave behind any evidence of their achieved identity and level of education, making it almost impossible to find job in the field of their biggest talent when they are eventually resettled.
There is a potential for using blockchain technology to store information such as college transcripts and identity information so that there is still a chance to retrieve your information for future use when the worst happens.
How would you ask for a transcript from a college that doesn't exist anymore after all?
There are many other blockchain apps in education. There are massive open online courses that can be found on the blockchain, studied and registered. There are also systems that reward individuals who study stuff for online learning with tokens like cryptocurrency to make a kind of carrot on a stick.
infographic by: socratescoin.io
