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City Montessori School 
जय जगत (Glory to the World)Location 
Lucknow, UP, INInformation Type Private Established 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi & Dr Bharti Gandhi Affiliation Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) Website Central Site,Branch Site City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow (सिटी मॉन्टेसरी स्कूल, लखनऊ) is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi. By 2008 its enrollment had reached 32,000 pupils, a world record.[1] 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.[2] CMS has a Girls' Degree College at the LDA Branch on Kanpur Road, Lucknow which offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) courses.
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CMS Branches
CMS has 21 branch campuses spread across the city.
- CMS Aliganj Branch (Old Bldg)
- CMS Aliganj Branch (Sector O)
- CMS Aminabad Branch
- CMS Anand Nagar Branch
- CMS Asharfabad Branch
- CMS Chowk Branch
- CMS Gomti Nagar Branch
- CMS Indira Nagar Branch
- CMS Jopling Road Branch
- CMS Kanpur Road Branch
- CMS Mahanagar Branch (3rd Bldg)
- CMS Mahanagar Branch (Old Bldg)
- CMS Mahanagar Branch (New Bldg)
- CMS Rajajipuram Branch (New Bldg)
- CMS Rajajipuram Branch (Old Bldg)
- CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (Old)
- CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (UPIL)
- CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (New Build)
- CMS,R.D.S.O. Colony Branch
- CMS Station Road Branch
- CMS vardan khand, gomtinagar branch
World citizenship
CMS inculcates in students the philosophy of 'Jai Jagat' (Glory be to the World).[3]
CMS organizes 24 international events annually to promote world unity and world peace.[4]
Events and competitions
- Commonwealth Youth Conference
- Celesta International: a cultural Fest
- MACFAIR (Maths and Computer Fair)
- International Education Fair (IEF)
- International Quality Summit (IQS)
- GlobalTie Conference
- International Innovations Day
- EXSPO International Sport Olympiad
- World Peace Festival
- GEOFEST International and National Geography Olympiad
- International Youth Fest
- SAARC Youth Festival
- QUANTA: International Competition for Science, Mathematics, Mental Ability, Astronomy and Computer Science
- International Astronomy Olympiad
- International Young Mathematicians' Competition (IYMC)
- The International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World (World Judiciary Summit)
- Children's International Summer Village (CISV) Camps
- International School-to-School Experience (ISSE)
- International Computer Fair and Seminar (COFAS)
- ODYSSEY: International Literary English Fest
- Wizards at Mathematics International Competition (WIZMIC)
- EUREKA International
- International Convention on Students' Quality Control Circle's (ICSQCC)
- International Conference of Pre-Primary Principal
- Ed-Leadership Conference
- Quest International Festival of Biotechnology
UNESCO Peace Prize
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".[5][6]
Service activities
CMS students help their local and national communities.[7] They have founded Eco Clubs, hosted environmental seminars, organized tree plantings and clean up projects, and lobbied state legislature for water pollution control.
In recognition of their service and environmental activitism, the Commissioner Lucknow division appointed CMS students for monitoring and enforcement of the local air pollution guidelines for vehicle emissions.
DEVI Sansthan - standing for Dignity, Education, Vision, International - is a non profit NGO dedicated to empowering rural/ urban poor and women, CMS students have participated in village literacy programmes and worked side by side with village residents to build roads.
CMS students fund raise for the India Cancer Society.
Awards and honours
The institution has received the following awards: -
- Certificate of Guinness Records,
- The Derozio Award,
- Friend of Young Physicists Award,
- Quality Pioneer Award,
- Key to the City of Georgetown,
- UNESCO Prize for Peace 2002,
- UP Ratan, Excellence Awards 2003,
- Rights of the Child Award,
- Nuclear Free Future Award,
- Life-Link Campaign,
- Bhartiya Awam Society UP,
- Progressive Cultural Society,
- Ashoka Changemakers award.
Guinness World Record
The school is the largest school in the world in terms of pupils. It had a record enrolment of 32,114 pupils on 5 February 2008 for the 2007-2008 academic year.[8]
References
- ^ "Largest school by pupils". Guinness Book of Records. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/amazing_feats/mass_participation/largest_school_by_pupils.aspx.
- ^ Delhi Public School most respected school in India: Survey Deccan Herald August 18th 2007. Accessed August 21st 2007
- ^ http://www.cmseducation.org/about/worldcitizen.html
- ^ http://www.cmseducation.org/index.html
- ^ "City Montessori School (India) awarded the 2002 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education" (Press release). Paris: UNESCO. 6 June 2002. http://www.unesco.org/bpi/eng/unescopress/2002/02-41e.shtml.
- ^ "City Montessori School wins UNESCO Peace Education award". One Country. April–June 2002. http://www.onecountry.org/e141/e14113as_CMS_UNESCO_story.htm.
- ^ http://www.cmseducation.org/about/worldservice.html
- ^ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/amazing_feats/mass_participation/largest_school_by_pupils.aspx
External links
- http://www.cmspdcc.org
- http://www.jagdishgandhi.org
- http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/amazing_feats/mass_participation/largest_school_by_pupils.aspx
- http://www.saidas.in/workshops
- http://www.cmseducation.org/cms_site/special_projects/health_edu/index.htm
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