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Lucknow school is worlds largest
Source: ibnlive | 23 Sep 2012 10:42:34 AM | View (38)
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with
the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437
pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.
School authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.
The school is also the only one in the world to receive the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002.
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has enthused the students and
staff.
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global level," school
founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his
persona.
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great one".
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds 32 educational international events every
year.
School spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a
borrowed capital of Rs 300.
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide
ever to receive this honour.
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