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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
By Mohit Dubey | Sunday, September 23, 2012 | 10:18:16 AM IST (+05:30 GMT) 0 Comment<br />
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 pupils<br />
in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled<br />
a long 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 recognized<br />
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 equally<br />
estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a lot<br />
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 educational<br />
international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the<br />
Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises<br />
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, becoming<br />
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<br />
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