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Uttar Pradesh | Posted on Sep 23, 2012 at 10:42am IST<br />
Lucknow's <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,<br />
according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in<br />
Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11<br />
academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
Lucknow's <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> is world's 'largest'<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective<br />
records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is<br />
being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in<br />
the city, is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a<br />
rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs 300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in<br />
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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