By Lucy Caulkett
Tiffin Girls’ School students were in the top 10 of a nationwide cyber security challenge, designed at getting more girls into the profession.
Lucy Garrett, Suhani Boobal, Rishita Karamsetty and Prisha Sood were among those selected fom 399 girls who attended Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, having been invited for a celebration by the Duke of York. The all girls Grammar School has a notably high academic standard of achievement, with a vast majority of the girls there getting a grade A to C. The school also has an admirable buzz of enthusiasm about it; the students are naturally very motivated, a part reflection of their strong primary school background.
The best 10 teams in the competition were the best of the 4,500 girls who took part in the challenge, the brainchild of experts at the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ. With the competition now in its second year, the competition’s creators have devised 170 challenges of varying difficulty for girls aged 12 and 13. The innovative school was proud of their pupils achievement.
Speaking after the final, pupil Rishita Karamsetty said: “It was fun to try and solve the problems by working together. We wouldn’t have got to the final without our teamwork skills.
“I would definitely recommend this to other girls. There are not many women working in the cyber security industry and the competition was a good opportunity for us to try things out.”
Now in its second year, the competition’s creators devise 170 challenges of varying difficulty for girls aged 12 and 13.
The Duke of York said to the girls: “CyberFirst is absolutely crucial to encourage girls to be at the forefront of cyber security. We do have a shortage of skills in this area, but this is an open field of opportunity, and all those standing in this room should recognize their capability a
The Tiffin Girls’ School which provides a wide range of social activities also has a pastoral care service which promotes confidentiality, happiness, and the overall well being . Extra-curricular activities at different levels, include art, charity and community work, dance, drama, music and sport, World Challenge, and Duke of Edinburgh trip.
A spokesman for Tiffin School told The Eye Of Media.Com: we are very proud of the outstanding girls in Tiffin school. Their visit to Buckingham Palace was very enthralling for them. Our pupils are very talented and responsive to the good training the receive in this school. They are taught by highly trained teaching staff, and we encourage them to aspire to great professional heights including those mostly dominated my men.
