For sure it will help without any hesitation. Data of students, of diplomas and different sertificates,  Olympiads, competitions, the various tests and exams and its results could be kept in safety and lots of financial questions of universities budget will be solved in a clique - Blockchain will ensure transparency - how and for what the budget is spent. Everything will become more clear. And of course thinking broader Blockchain can help with transparency for lots of different directions of peoples lives.