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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'
Sunday September 23, 2012 10:39:53 AM,
Mohit Dubey, IANS
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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 enrolment 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 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 estatic.
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.
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)
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