Front Matter

Title: DirectEd Technical Specification

Author(s): Rohan Mitta

Team: DirectEd

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Overview

Problem Description

Many talented students in low-income countries lack the economic means to realise their potential, but philanthropists hesitate to donate. The impact of their funds is unclear, and attaching conditionality to ensure that funds are used for its intended purpose is costly. DirectEd solves these problems by combining the power of decentralised identifiers and blockchain technology to provide a transparent, secure, and low-cost means of making conditional peer-to-peer donations directly to students.

This document outlines the technical details of our proposed software solution.

Product Overview

Step By Step Solution Outline

1. DirectEd identifies high schools in low-income areas. In Ethiopia, these schools have been onboarded to the Atala PRISM decentralised identifier system. In Kenya, we help schools become issuers of verifiable credentials and help students set up DIDs. We link those DIDs to Cardano wallets, preparing the students to receive scholarships.