A school for next generation codebreakers is planned at the Bletchley Park. It's the site in UK where code deciphering projects were done during World War II that helped the Allies defeat the Nazis.

The College of National Security will be put up in that site and will open in 2018, ARS Technica reported. According to reports, the new boarding school will be run by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and private non-profit tech firm groups. It may also get its input from GCHQ. It will have 500 students from age 16 to 19. They will be taught cybersecurity skills to bridge the huge skills gap when it comes to fighting cyber security threats.

It aims to develop the skills of young codebreakers to help fight the heightened security threats faced by the 21st-century Britain, The Guardian reported.

Enrols Gifted Coders for Free

It is the first time in the UK that a College of National Security will be put up. It will enrol the 500 applicants, coming from some of the most gifted young programmers in the UK.

The selection process will focus on talent. Applicants must be exceptional in problem solving, and should be passionate in logic. One of the driving force of the project, Alastair MacWillson said wealth and family background doesn't matter, as long as the talent is there, young coders can apply.

Quafro runs and funds the school

Cyber threat is the true threat that UK must focus on. The problems it has caused on the UK government and its companies is growing at a rapid rate, said MacWilson, Head of Quafro, one of the non-profit organizations that initiated the cyberschool plans.

Quafro is a consortium of cyber security companies like Cyber Security Callenge UK, the Institute of Information Security Professionals, The National Museum of Computing , BT Security, and Raytheon.

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