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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
September 23, 201200<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan a Lucknow<br />
school has travelled a long way to become the school with the most<br />
number of pupils in the world 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><br />
(CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39437 pupils on Aug 9 2010<br />
for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at<br />
45000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness which documents the world's most unique and<br />
selective records has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognized at a global level" school founder Jagdish<br />
Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
"great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed<br />
capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002 becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive<br />
this honour.