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Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) 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 number of<br />
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> (CMS) in<br />
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
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<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told<br />
IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates<br />
in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”<br />
which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great<br />
one”.<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds<br />
32 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<br />
a 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<br />
in 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