Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

STUDENT DOCUMENTS ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM


Description

Over 1,300 students in each semester require verifying their documents and academic records from the Deanship of Admissions and Registration at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). All requests done by attending the beneficiary to Deanship of Admissions and Registration or by email. Therefore, the Deanship has developed a service in an electronic system (Website) to authenticate and verifies the students' documents. Either for verify the qualification of medical students, Post-graduate studies, or any purpose. The system enables third parties such as other universities, organizations, or government sectors inside and outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to apply and send requests to get a verification for a student’s document in Arabic and English for KAU’s Alumni. For the first time, the system provides third parties from outside the kingdom to have an access to the university’s systems to preserve the privacy of students through an electronic authorization framework, which let the student allows the third party to view his data. Beside the system facilitates the follow-ups procedures and archiving in a safe and accurate online system.

Project website

http://verification.kau.edu.sa


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge 2019
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education
  • Goal 5: Gender equality
  • Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Saudi Arabia

Status

Completed

Start date

11 September 2016

End date

13 November 2017


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • Women
  • Indigenous and nomadic peoples
  • People with disabilities
  • The unemployed
  • Remote and rural communities

Replicability

At any local or international university that needs to verify issued documents, beside it could be use at any organization that issued official documents


Sustainability

It’s can be applied on any governmental and non-governmental sector, by verify original documents “online” by using one trusted platform.


WSIS values promotion

By applying and using the value of ICT Applications “eGovernment”


Entity name

King Abdulaziz University

Entity country—type

Saudi Arabia Government

Entity website

https://www.kau.edu.sa/Home.aspx