City Montessori School, Lucknow - World's Largest School by People

City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. The school is the largest school in the world in terms of pupils. By 2010 its enrollment had reached 39,437 pupils. CMS is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.

The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi. Rich in vision and enthusiasm, the devoted pair launched their first campus on borrowed capital of three hundred rupees (less than $10), housed it in rented premises and began with only five students.

The school's founders, Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi, inspired by the non-violenceof Mahatma Gandhi, founded their school on four fundamental principles: universal values, excellence, global understanding, and service to the community. Students, for example, give literacy classes in neighbouring villages, as well as teaching health and hygiene.

The school aims to give pupils the skills permitting them to face the complex problems of the world today, by displaying trust for each child, by developing their sense of responsibility, by the theoretical and practical teaching of moral values, and by opening their eyes to other religions and cultures.

The recognition given to the importance of the family is one of the characteristics of the CMS. The school sensitizes parents by giving them books on their educational influence and involving them closely in the life of the school. And the teachers benefit from continued training in the main principles of the school, as well as in child development, psychology and sociology. Each child has a mentor who engages in a personal relationship with his or her charge's family.

CMS was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, the first school in the world to be so honored, in recognition of its efforts "to promote the universal values of education for peace and tolerance at a time when these values are increasingly being challenged". The UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2002 was awarded to CMS in recognition of its efforts to promote universal values of education for peace and tolerance. In 1998, CMS added a new degree college for girls, making it the only school in the world with classes ranging from age two to the degree level. CMS is also the only school in the world with an Innovation Department and a teacher's training college.

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