Higher education systems in low-income countries are usually fragile and sensitive to the surrounding political and economic environment. This environment poses various problems for students, graduates, and universities with regard to issuance and verification of academic records management. The process of verification and accreditation of certificates is long and costly for both students and universities.

This study endeavors to address these problems by introducing an innovative solution based on blockchain technology. We propose establishing a national hybrid blockchain-based platform that brings together all possible stakeholders in the field of higher education, including students, universities, government agencies, policymakers, and companies from the business sector. This study evaluates the costs and benefits from establishing this platform and investigates the possible commercialization of its contracts. Furthermore, we test the feasibility of this platform in two of the most instable low-income countries: Syria and Sudan. We find that this platform is feasible and can serve as a marketplace for all stakeholders in the higher education system and would increase the internationalization of higher education. The establishment of this platform will ensure inclusive and equitable education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for students from low-income countries and thus meets the fourth goal of Sustainable Development.

低收入国家的高等教育系统通常很脆弱，对周围的政治和经济环境很敏感。这种环境给学生、毕业生和大学带来了有关学术记录管理的发布和验证的各种问题。对于学生和大学来说，证书的验证和认证过程既漫长又昂贵。

本研究致力于通过引入基于区块链技术的创新解决方案来解决这些问题。我们建议建立一个基于国家混合区块链的平台，将高等教育领域的所有可能的利益相关者聚集在一起，包括学生、大学、政府机构、政策制定者和商业部门的公司。本研究评估了建立该平台的成本和收益，并调查了其合同可能的商业化。此外，我们在两个最不稳定的低收入国家测试了该平台的可行性：叙利亚和苏丹。我们发现这个平台是可行的，可以作为高等教育系统中所有利益相关者的市场，并会提高高等教育的国际化程度。