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India<br />
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow |Sunday, 2012 10:36:05 AM IST<br />
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to<br />
become the school with the most number of<br />
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness<br />
Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had<br />
a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9,<br />
2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of<br />
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents<br />
the world's most unique and selective 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 estatic.<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 />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
-- Indo-Asian News Service md/mr/tb<br />
( 298 Words)<br />
2012-09-23-10:18:54 (IANS)<br />
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