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LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long<br />
way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the<br />
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 Lucknow had a<br />
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique and selective records, has<br />
enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being<br />
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 the city, is<br />
equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which “mattered<br />
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 overjoyed over<br />
the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
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 2002,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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