21/12/2025
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has finalized the project to revamp its degree attestation system by integrating blockchain technology, aiming to enhance efficiency and transparency while eliminating the need for applicants’ physical presence.
Procurement for system development has been completed, and the new system will be fully operational within the next six months. The acting Chairman HEC, Mr. Nadeem Mahbub directed the concerned team to prioritise the task and ensure its earliest implementation. He was briefed that under the proposed system, applicants will no longer be required to provide physical documents or visit HEC offices for verification.
The 25 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) that have fully implemented the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system will have their students’ information automatically integrated into the blockchain. Graduates from these institutions will not need to submit any documents; their degrees will be added to the HEC blockchain upon graduation, enabling access to verified degrees directly through the Portal.
For students from HEIs without an ERP system, degrees and transcripts will be submitted online through the HEC portal and forwarded to the respective university’s dashboard. Once verified by the university, the documents will be integrated into the blockchain.
Degree verification will take place entirely online, with all records digitally secured to ensure instant, tamper-proof access. Once verified, degrees will be stored on HEC’s blockchain, enabling immediate authentication by government departments, the Foreign Office, embassies, and private organizations. This transition will make the attestation process fully paperless, automated, and transparent, removing the need for manual stamping or physical documentation.
