PUTRAJAYA: Degrees issued by local tertiary institutions can now be verified through the E-Skrol application based blockchain technology.

Anyone, anywhere in the world can find out the data of a graduate of a Malaysian university, including his name, full transcript, graduation date and class of degree through the application and scanning the QR code, Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said.

In his speech at the signing ceremony to use the E-Skrol platform using blockchain for graduates here today, he said the issue of fake degrees had a negative impact on the national higher education system.