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CMS<br />
enters 2013 Guinness Book of World Records<br />
Report of coverage in International & National Media<br />
Lucknow school does<br />
the country proud<br />
by entering the<br />
Guinness Book<br />
CMS is the World’s<br />
Largest <strong>City</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
with over<br />
45,000 students<br />
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!
TOP 10 BACK‐TO‐SCHOOL GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS<br />
Posted: September 17, 2012<br />
6. Longest pencil<br />
As we get back into the academic swing, we have our top 10 Guinness World Records to get<br />
everyone excited for back‐to‐school!<br />
10. Class reunion ‐ longest elapsed time<br />
The 1929 class of Miss Blanche Miller's Kindergarten and Continuation <strong>School</strong> in Bluefield,<br />
West Virginia, USA had their first reunion after 70 years! While ten members of the class had<br />
died by the time the reunion came, 55% of those alive were in attendence. (See top photo<br />
for a picture of the class in 1929!)<br />
9. Most schools attended<br />
The greatest documented number of schools attended by a pupil is 265, in the case of<br />
Wilma Williams, now Mrs R.J. Horton, from 1933 to 1943, when her parents were in show<br />
business.<br />
8. Largest chemistry lesson<br />
The largest chemistry lesson involved 801 participants and was achieved by The Heathland<br />
<strong>School</strong> (UK) in Hounslow, Middlesex, UK, on 29 February 2012. The lesson lasted 33 minutes<br />
and was on rates of reaction. As part of the lesson all participants were required to eat a<br />
sweet and complete a worksheet. The lesson was taken by Tom Carbro and Suvi Mohey.<br />
7. Oldest university<br />
The oldest existing, and continually operating educational institution in the world is the<br />
University of Karueein, founded in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. (The University of Bologna in<br />
Italy was founded in 1088 and is the oldest one in Europe.)<br />
The longest pencil measured 225.21 m (738 ft 10 in) and was created by STAEDTLER Mars GmbH & Co. KG<br />
(Germany). It was presented and measured in Nürnberg, Germany, on 15 September 2011. The pencil was<br />
sharpened at the top and was used to write some words on a piece of paper in front of the notary.<br />
5. Largest donation of school supplies in 24 hours<br />
The largest donation of school supplies in 24 hours is 4,019 kg (8,860 lb 6.05 oz) and was<br />
achieved by Ayoun Jeddah , at Mall of Arabia, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 4 April 2012. Most<br />
of the donated school supplies came from bulk donations by stationery suppliers.<br />
4. Oldest person to begin primary school<br />
The world's oldest person to begin primary school was aged 84. Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge<br />
(Kenya) enrolled into Standard One at Kapkenduiyo Primary <strong>School</strong>, Eldoret, Kenya, on 12<br />
January 2004. He even wore the school uniform and hoped to reach Standard Eight. On 6<br />
April 2004 it was reported that Ng'ang'a passed his first end‐of‐term exams with straight<br />
A's in English, Kiswahili and math, making him among the top five students in the class. The<br />
headmistress, Mrs Jane Obinchu (Kenya) made him a senior headboy as a reward.<br />
3. Largest backpack/rucksack<br />
The largest backpack measured 10.37 m (34 ft) in height, 7.8 m (25 ft 7.08 in) in width, 2.8 m (9 ft 2.23 in) in depth and<br />
was produced by Omasu (Saudi Arabia), at the Mall of Arabia, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 4 April 2012. The backpack is an<br />
exact replica of a normal sized Omasu backpack. The project to produce the oversized backpack took around two<br />
months.<br />
2. Largest collection of erasers<br />
The largest collection of erasers belongs to Petra Engels (Germany) with 19,571 non duplicate erasers from 112 different<br />
countries; which she has been collecting since 1981. Petra started collecting erasers at the age of 9. She first developed<br />
an interest in erasers after visiting a stationery shop selling various and extraordinary erasers. Friends of her mother used<br />
to give her erasers instead of chocolate and her parents used to bring her erasers from various business trips. Petra, now<br />
34, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her eraser collection which is stored in 22 glass‐show‐cases and an additional<br />
cupboard with 12 drawers.<br />
1. Largest school by pupils<br />
The largest school in terms of pupils is the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, which had a record enrolment of<br />
39,437 children on 9 August 2010 for the 2010‐11 academic year. The school admits boys and girls between ages two and<br />
five, who can then continue their education to degree level. In 2002, it won the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. The<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> has come a long way since Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti first opened it in 1959 with a loan of just
LUCKNOW: The first day in class for any new<br />
pupil can be an overwhelming experience,<br />
so imagine arriving for lessons as one of<br />
40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's<br />
biggest school.<br />
The latest edition of Guinness World<br />
Records awards the title to the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow with<br />
with a loan of 300 rupees ($6 at current rates) and just five pupils.<br />
The school says that enrollment numbers have already risen above 45,000,<br />
with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms -- and one of the<br />
hardest first eleven cricket teams to break into.<br />
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and<br />
international exchange programmes as for its scale.<br />
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their<br />
children," said Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.<br />
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness<br />
record is heartening but it's not just about size," he told AFP.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole<br />
school never gathers for assembly as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a<br />
month for seniors.<br />
"In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites<br />
that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, told AFP.<br />
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that<br />
study.<br />
"T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.<br />
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he told AFP. "Now I am in the college team,<br />
debating in national competitions."<br />
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and<br />
globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju<br />
Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.<br />
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.<br />
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger<br />
picture and our best eleven for the team."<br />
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record<br />
holder, the Rizal High <strong>School</strong> in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.<br />
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations<br />
diplomat in New York, as well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.<br />
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anyw<strong>here</strong> who wants to make a positive<br />
difference," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.<br />
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest<br />
and one of the most respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story."<br />
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2<br />
The latest edition of<br />
Guinness World Records<br />
awards the title to the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the<br />
Indian city of Lucknow, with<br />
39,437 registered pupils in<br />
the 2010-2011 academic<br />
year.<br />
The school says enrolment<br />
numbers have already risen<br />
above 45,000, with 2,500<br />
teachers, 3,700 computers,<br />
1,000 classrooms - and one<br />
of the hardest first XI cricket<br />
teams to break into.<br />
CMS, as it is known, was<br />
opened by Jagdish Gandhi<br />
and his wife Bharti in 1959<br />
with a loan of 300 rupees ($5.50 at current rates) and just five pupils.<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for<br />
its exam results and international exchange programs as for its scale.<br />
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our<br />
service to their children," said Mr Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the<br />
age of 75.<br />
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure.<br />
Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it's not just about size," he said.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45<br />
members, but the whole school never gathers for assembly as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to<br />
hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees ($18) a month in fees for<br />
younger pupils, rising to 2,500 ($46) a month for seniors.<br />
"In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends<br />
across the many sites that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, said.<br />
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of<br />
the thousands that study.<br />
"T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."<br />
Idealistic ambitions<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.<br />
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said.<br />
"Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."<br />
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of<br />
universal peace and globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but<br />
cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.<br />
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.<br />
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then<br />
eventually we get the bigger picture and our best XI for the team."<br />
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating<br />
the previous record holder, the Rizal High <strong>School</strong> in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had 39,437 pupils<br />
registered in the 2010-2011 academic year, but bosses say<br />
enrolment numbers have already risen above the 45,000 mark.<br />
Opened back in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti, with a<br />
loan of just 300 rupees, and amazingly, just five pupils, the school<br />
now sprawls over 20 sites in the city and educates pupils between<br />
the ages of three and 17.<br />
Any parental worries about the average class size of 45 are<br />
apparently unfounded too, as the school is famous for its worldclass<br />
exam results and international exchange programmes.<br />
Mr Gandhi, who still plays a part in the school at the age of 75,<br />
said: 'The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our<br />
efforts to please our parents with our service to their children.<br />
'Our students have exceptional academic results each year and<br />
outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is<br />
heartening but it's not just about size.'<br />
While the school promotes the advantages of being able to make<br />
lots of friends, it does admit t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold<br />
an assembly.<br />
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/915168-school-with-<br />
45-000-pupils-crowned-the-worlds-biggest#ixzz29T9d8Rfx<br />
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Indian school children gather in front of The <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.<br />
Indian school children gather in front of The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.<br />
Lucknow, India: The first day in class for any new pupil can be<br />
an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons<br />
as one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world’s biggest<br />
school.<br />
The first day in class for any new pupil can be an<br />
overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as<br />
one of 40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world’s biggest<br />
school.<br />
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title<br />
to the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the Indian city of Lucknow with<br />
39,437 registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.<br />
The school says that enrolment numbers have already risen<br />
above 45,000, with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000<br />
classrooms — and one of the hardest first eleven cricket teams<br />
to break into.<br />
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his<br />
wife Bharti in 1959 with a loan of Rs300 (Dh20.38 at current<br />
rates) and just five pupils.<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar<br />
Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and<br />
international exchange programmes as for its scale.<br />
“The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their children,” said Gandhi, who is still<br />
involved in the school’s management at the age of 75.<br />
“Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it’s not<br />
just about size,” he told AFP.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole school never gathers for<br />
assembly as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges Rs1,000 a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a month for seniors.<br />
“In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites that we have,” Ritika Ghosh,<br />
14, who has been at CMS for two years, told AFP.<br />
“But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that study.<br />
“T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life.”<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.<br />
“I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence,” he told AFP. “Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions.”<br />
The school’s size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the motto “Jai<br />
Jagat” (Victory be to the World).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a<br />
team is still tricky.<br />
“To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem,” he said.<br />
“For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our best eleven for<br />
the team.”<br />
CMS first held the title of the world’s biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal High <strong>School</strong> in<br />
Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.<br />
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations diplomat in New York, as<br />
well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.<br />
“The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anyw<strong>here</strong> who wants to make a positive difference,” Craig Glenday, editor-inchief<br />
of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.<br />
“The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest and one of the most<br />
respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story.”<br />
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<strong>School</strong> children gather in front of the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow on December 29, 2011.<br />
Lucknow, the capital city of India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, is now home to the<br />
world’s biggest school, according to the new edition of the Guinness Book of World<br />
Records. The last academic year, 2,500 teachers taught a mind-boggling 39,437 students in<br />
1,000 classrooms at Lucknow’s <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>. According to the school’s website,<br />
it now boasts over 44,000 pupils.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti and Jagdish Gandhi with just 300 borrowed<br />
rupees ($5.70 at current exchange rates) and a total of five students. More than half a<br />
century later, the school, which spreads over several campuses, can’t gather for assembly<br />
as t<strong>here</strong> is no venue in town that is big enough. Students ages between three and 17 are<br />
divided into classrooms of 45 children each; every pupil wears identical school uniforms,<br />
AFP reports. Younger students pay about $18, older students $47 in fees per month. The<br />
school held the record once before, in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils — beating a school<br />
in the Philippines with roughly 20,000 pupils.<br />
Uttar Pradesh is in dire need of schools. The Northern state has a literacy rate below<br />
India’s national average of 74% and ranks 29th among India’s 35 administrative divisions,<br />
according to the 2011 census. Lucknow’s <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> not only excels in size, it<br />
has over the years been showered in awards and recognition. In 2002, it received the<br />
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education. Two years ago, the Dalai Lama conferred his Hope for<br />
Humanity award to the school founder.<br />
The size of the Gandhis school, which does not receive government funding, is however<br />
dwarfed by the world’s largest university, also in India. The Indira Gandhi National Open<br />
University (IGNOU) in Delhi has no less than four million students — ten times larger than<br />
its U.S. equivalent, the online University of Phoenix.<br />
(MORE: The World’s Largest University Struggles to Educate Millions of New Students)<br />
India, a country of extremes, boasts some other, more obscure, records: now<strong>here</strong> have<br />
t<strong>here</strong> been more people standing on one moving motorcycle (54), has a larger foreign<br />
object been left in a patient (a pair of 13 inch-long artery forceps) or a higher number of<br />
green coconuts been smashed in one minute by elbows (92, 7 of which were disqualified).<br />
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BIZARRE!<br />
Indian school with 45,000 pupils is world’s biggest<br />
An Indian school with 45,000 pupils has been named the world’s biggest.<br />
Guinness World Records confirmed the education establishment, The <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, is the largest of its kind after having 39,437<br />
pupils registered in the 2010-11 academic year. But, the numbers are now<br />
said to have gone beyond 45,000. The school — which was opened in 1959<br />
with just five pupils — employs 2,500 teachers, and has 1,000 classrooms<br />
over 20 sites in the city.<br />
Jagdish Gandhi — who opened the education establishment with his wife,<br />
thanks to a loan of just 300, said, “'The phenomenal growth of the school<br />
is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their<br />
children. Our students have achieved exceptional academic results each<br />
year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is<br />
heartening but it’s not just about size.”<br />
6
LUCKNOW, India — The first day in class for any new pupil can be an<br />
overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of 40,000<br />
pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.<br />
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the Indian city of Lucknow with 39,437 registered pupils<br />
in the 2010-2011 academic year.<br />
The school says that enrollment numbers have already risen above 45,000, with<br />
2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms -- and one of the hardest<br />
first eleven cricket teams to break into.<br />
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959<br />
with a loan of 300 rupees ($6 at current rates) and just five pupils.<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state,<br />
and is as famous for its exam results and international exchange programmes<br />
as for its scale.<br />
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please<br />
our parents with our service to their children," said Gandhi, who is still involved<br />
in the school's management at the age of 75.<br />
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding<br />
global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it's not just<br />
about size," he told AFP.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each<br />
class has about 45 members, but the whole school never gathers for assembly<br />
as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees a month in<br />
fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 a month for seniors.<br />
"In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make<br />
a lot of friends across the many sites that we have," Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has<br />
been at CMS for two years, told AFP.<br />
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise<br />
you are just one of the thousands that study.<br />
"T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end<br />
prepares us for real life."<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making<br />
him more outgoing.<br />
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he told<br />
AFP. "Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."<br />
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a<br />
philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the motto "Jai Jagat"<br />
(Victory be to the World).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always<br />
a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan says selecting a team is still<br />
tricky.<br />
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem,"<br />
he said.<br />
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children<br />
and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our best eleven for the<br />
team."<br />
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had<br />
29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal High <strong>School</strong> in<br />
Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.<br />
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and<br />
Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations diplomat in New York, as well as<br />
Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.<br />
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone,<br />
anyw<strong>here</strong> who wants to make a positive difference," Craig Glenday, editor-inchief<br />
of Guinness World Records, told AFP from London.<br />
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and<br />
from humble origins to being the largest and one of the most respected<br />
educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story."<br />
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8<br />
That is the number on the roll-call of the<br />
world's biggest school.<br />
The latest edition of the Guinness World<br />
Records awarded that title to the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow, which<br />
had 39 437 registered pupils in the 2010/11<br />
academic year.<br />
The school says enrollment numbers have<br />
already risen above 45 000, with 2 500<br />
teachers, 3 700 computers, 1 000 classrooms<br />
– and one of the hardest first 11 cricket<br />
teams to break into.<br />
CMS, as the school is known, was opened by<br />
Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959<br />
with a loan of 300 rupees and just five pupils.<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the<br />
capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as<br />
famous for its exam results and international<br />
exchange programmes as for its scale.<br />
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their<br />
children," said Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.<br />
Heartening<br />
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness<br />
record is heartening but it's not just about size," he said.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the<br />
whole school never gathers for assembly as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1 000 rupees a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2<br />
500 a month for seniors.<br />
"In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites<br />
that we have," Ritika Ghosh (14), who has been at CMS for two years, said.<br />
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that<br />
study ... T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."<br />
Jai Jagat<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari (16) credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.<br />
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said. "Now I am in the college team, debating in<br />
national competitions."<br />
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and<br />
globalism under the motto: "Jai Jagat" (victory be to the world).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh<br />
Chauhan says selecting a team is still tricky.<br />
"To fish out sports talent in the 45 000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.<br />
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger<br />
picture and our best 11 for the team."<br />
Awe-inspiring<br />
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29 212 pupils, beating the previous record<br />
holder, the Rizal High <strong>School</strong> in Manila, Philippines, which had 19 738 pupils.<br />
Alumni include Ushhan Gundevia, an executive banker at Goldman Sachs, and Prakash Gupta, a senior United Nations<br />
diplomat in New York, as well as Harvard scholars and several leading surgeons and scientists.<br />
"The school is an inspiration not only to the pupils, but also to anyone, anyw<strong>here</strong> who wants to make a positive<br />
difference," Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records, said from London.<br />
"The school understands that teaching is the most sacred of professions, and from humble origins to being the largest and<br />
one of the most respected educational establishment in the world, it is a truly awe-inspiring story." – Sapa-AFP
The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving<br />
for lessons as one of 45,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.<br />
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in<br />
the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437 registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.<br />
The school says enrolment numbers have already risen above 45,000, with 2,500 teachers,<br />
3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms - and one of the hardest first XI cricket teams to break into.<br />
CMS, as it is known, was opened by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959 with a loan of 300 rupees ($5.50 at current rates) and<br />
just five pupils.<br />
Today it sprawls over 20 sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous for its exam results and international<br />
exchange programs as for its scale.<br />
"The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to please our parents with our service to their children," said Mr<br />
Gandhi, who is still involved in the school's management at the age of 75.<br />
"Our students have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global exposure. Getting this Guinness record is<br />
heartening but it's not just about size," he said.<br />
The pupils, who are aged between three and 17, all wear uniform and each class has about 45 members, but the whole school never<br />
gathers for assembly as t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold them.<br />
CMS, which receives no government funding, charges 1,000 rupees ($18) a month in fees for younger pupils, rising to 2,500 ($46) a<br />
month for seniors.<br />
"In such a large school, t<strong>here</strong> are many advantages, one being you get to make a lot of friends across the many sites that we have,"<br />
Ritika Ghosh, 14, who has been at CMS for two years, said.<br />
"But as the school is so huge it takes a lot of effort to get noticed. Otherwise you are just one of the thousands that study.<br />
"T<strong>here</strong> are certainly more challenges and competitions, which in the end prepares us for real life."<br />
Idealistic ambitions<br />
Fellow pupil Tanmay Tiwari, 16, credits the large size of the school for making him more outgoing.<br />
"I used to be very shy but the school has given me that confidence," he said.<br />
"Now I am in the college team, debating in national competitions."<br />
The school's size is matched only by its idealistic ambitions, with pupils taught a philosophy of universal peace and globalism under the<br />
motto "Jai Jagat" (Victory be to the World).<br />
With pupils under fierce pressure to get good exam results, sport is not always a top priority, but cricket coach Raju Singh Chauhan<br />
says selecting a team is still tricky.<br />
"To fish out sports talent in the 45,000-plus students can be a huge problem," he said.<br />
"For this reason we hold inter-branch competitions to dig out the best children and then eventually we get the bigger picture and our<br />
best XI for the team."<br />
CMS first held the title of the world's biggest school in 2005, when it had 29,212 pupils, beating the previous record holder, the Rizal<br />
High <strong>School</strong> in Manila, Philippines, which had 19,738 pupils.<br />
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The first day in class for any new pupil can be an overwhelming experience, so<br />
imagine arriving for lessons as one of 45,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's<br />
biggest school. The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to<br />
the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437 registered<br />
pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.
Lucknow: <strong>City</strong>’s most revered <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> has achieved another feat<br />
to register it on global podium. A school that works on the principles of Gandhi<br />
and aims at improving the heart and soul of its wards and the same school is<br />
registered in Guinness book of world records for most number of students.<br />
Winner of several international and national awards including UNESCO Prize for<br />
Peace Education, CMS as it is known has Guinness world record of most number<br />
of pupils. The founder of the school Mr. Jagdish Gandhi explains who he<br />
managed to start the school with just 5 students back in 1965.<br />
Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, Founder CMS said, “I am thankful to God for his grace and<br />
blessings. We have achieved this feat because of our quality of education and we<br />
try to inculcate knowledge based on physical, social and spiritual education. We<br />
have developed this institution from scrap and progressed to this stage w<strong>here</strong><br />
we are holding a student capacity of 45,000.”<br />
A legacy that started with those five students has come a long way. Today the<br />
school boasts of at least 20 campuses all across the Uttar Pradesh capital and a<br />
reputation to reckon with.<br />
Mr. Jagdish Gandhi, further added, “Interestingly, the data on which the<br />
Guinness Book has awarded us belongs to the year 2010 when we had enrolled<br />
39,000 students. At present t<strong>here</strong> are 45,000 students rolled under CMS. But, we<br />
have never compromised with our quality of education.”<br />
People like Mr. Gandhi leave behind legends, inspiring initiatives that are difficult<br />
to immaculate. But we hope such efforts find more takers in nation, which<br />
desperately needs quality education that can serve a sizeable quantity of the<br />
nation.<br />
Sounds like a fantasy, but in this world of commercial materialistic education,<br />
survives and thrives a school named <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow that<br />
strives to nurture souls of its students.<br />
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KOREA NEWS
[WASHINGTON] the world's<br />
largest student school in India<br />
"<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (<strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>), nearly<br />
40,000 students this school<br />
forever, t<strong>here</strong> is no way all the<br />
rally, because the school<br />
facilities and can accommodate<br />
such people. "<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>" to break the Guinness<br />
Book of World Records<br />
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"<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>" to break the Guinness<br />
Book of World Records (Guinness World Records),<br />
the number of students around the world to become<br />
the largest schools. (AFP)<br />
number of students around the world, most school students aged<br />
between 3-17 years old, Registration number has risen to more than<br />
45,000 people, the school has 500 teachers and 3700 computers,<br />
1000 classrooms. And the school did not apply for any government<br />
grants, Rs 1000-2500 tuition fees charged to students only. The<br />
school founded by Gandhi (Jagdish Gandhi) said "the amazing growth<br />
of our schools, to reflect on the parents certainly our teaching<br />
efforts." Gandhi had in 1959 founded this school, not only the loan of<br />
300 rupees, and only five students. The schools are now expanded to<br />
20 points, and excellent student test scores and international<br />
exchange programs. A 14-year-old students of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>, said t<strong>here</strong> are very many benefits in such a huge school which,<br />
for example, can pay very many friends from different regions. Many<br />
students also learn so much in the number of schools, t<strong>here</strong> can be<br />
more challenging opportunities and competitiveness.<br />
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The Irish Independent reports the latest edition of Guinness World<br />
Records awards the title of the world's biggest school to the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in the Indian city of Lucknow, with 39,437<br />
registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year. CMS, as it is<br />
known, says enrolment numbers have already risen above 45,000,<br />
with 2,500 teachers, 3,700 computers and 1,000 classrooms.
AN Indian school with 45,000 pupils, 2,500 teachers and 1,000<br />
classrooms has been named the world’s biggest by Guinness World<br />
Records.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had 39,437 pupils<br />
registered in the 2010-2011 academic year, but bosses say enrolment<br />
numbers have already risen above the 45,000 mark. Opened back in<br />
1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti, with a loan of just 300<br />
rupees, and amazingly, just five pupils, the school now sprawls over 20<br />
sites in the city and educates pupils between the ages of three and 17.<br />
Any parental worries about the average class size of 45 are apparently<br />
unfounded too, as the school is famous for its world-class exam results<br />
and international exchange programmes.<br />
Mr Gandhi, who still plays a part in the school at the age of 75, said:<br />
‘The phenomenal growth of our school is a reflection of our efforts to<br />
please our parents with our service to their children. Our students<br />
have exceptional academic results each year and outstanding global<br />
exposure. Getting this Guinness record is heartening but it’s not just<br />
about size.’<br />
While the school promotes the advantages of being able to make lots<br />
of friends, it does admit t<strong>here</strong> is now<strong>here</strong> big enough to hold an<br />
assembly. –Metro<br />
This news was published in print paper. Access complete paper of this<br />
day.<br />
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
IANS Sep 23, 2012, 11.14AM IST<br />
Tags: UNESCO|Lucknow school|Guinness Book of Records<br />
LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school<br />
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 />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS)<br />
in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the<br />
2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-<br />
plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi<br />
told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great<br />
one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school<br />
holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students<br />
were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of<br />
Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious Unesco Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this<br />
honour.<br />
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Started with five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to<br />
become the school with the most number of<br />
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness<br />
World Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a<br />
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August 9,<br />
2010, for the 2010 – 11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities said that the number of pupils<br />
now stood at about 45,000.<br />
The entry in the book of world records, which<br />
documents the world’s most unique and selective<br />
records, has 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 said.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city, is<br />
ecstatic. He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says the school gives a lot of exposure to its students by holding as many<br />
as 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over<br />
the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi on rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.IANS
A Lucknow school has earned the distinction of being the “largest school by pupils” in the<br />
world and has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> with a record<br />
45,000-plus students has been adjudged the<br />
largest in the world on the basis of number<br />
of pupils, according to the school founder<br />
manager Jagadish Gandhi.<br />
made it the largest in the world.<br />
The record book said that the school had<br />
39,437 students on August 9, 2010 enrolled<br />
at its different branches in the city, which<br />
The school had started its journey way back in 1959 with merely five students from a<br />
single room and with a loan of Rs 300, said Gandhi while speaking to Deccan Herald <strong>here</strong><br />
on Sunday.<br />
“It has been a long journey that has witnessed several ups and downs”, Gandhi says and<br />
attributes the success of the school and the achievements to the continued support of the<br />
parents, students and the dedicated staff and the school’s philosophy, that placed spiritual<br />
development at the centre. “True progress of humanity is impossible unless and until the<br />
goals to which education is geared are completely revised with spiritual development at its<br />
centre, not as an add on at the margins of education”, he said.<br />
Gandhi felt that these new goals for education would free it from its largely economic<br />
context.<br />
“This revises greatly our expectations of human potential and its outcome through<br />
education”, he adds.<br />
“In this new role, a school presents new possibilities and has the power to transform<br />
individuals and society”, says Gandhi.<br />
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Uttar Pradesh | Posted on Sep 23, 2012 at 10:42am IST<br />
Lucknow's <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,<br />
according to the 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<br />
Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11<br />
academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
Lucknow's <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> is world's 'largest'<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective<br />
records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is<br />
being recognized 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<br />
the city, is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a<br />
rented premises 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<br />
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow: 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<br />
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils<br />
on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told a news agency that the number of pupils<br />
now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which<br />
documents the world's most unique<br />
and selective records, has enthused<br />
the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only<br />
our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognised at<br />
a global level," school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student<br />
on one of the 20 branches the<br />
school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has<br />
been a "great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said<br />
the school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife<br />
Bharti Gandhi in rented premises with just five students and a<br />
borrowed capital of Rs 300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for<br />
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever<br />
to receive this honour.<br />
IANS<br />
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
By Mohit Dubey | IANS India Private Limited – Sun 23 Sep, 2012<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five<br />
students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the<br />
most number of pupils in the world, according to<br />
the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the<br />
<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,<br />
for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of<br />
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the<br />
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<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish<br />
Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
"great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital<br />
of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive<br />
this honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
– Indo-Asian News Service<br />
md/mr/tb<br />
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Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled<br />
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The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
11 academic year. <strong>School</strong> authorities said that the number<br />
of pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness has enthused the students and<br />
staff. “We are very happy that not only our size but also<br />
our philosophy of world peace is being recognised at a<br />
global level,” said school founder Jagdish Gandhi.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his<br />
wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five<br />
students. The school has also been awarded UNESCO Prize<br />
for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school<br />
worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow school sets Guinness world record with over<br />
45,000 students<br />
Lucknow: A city based school has become the one with<br />
the most number of pupils in the world, according to<br />
the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> had a record enrollment of<br />
39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic<br />
year, the record books says.<br />
Media reports say currently, the school has a 45,000-<br />
plus strength.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 in rented premises with<br />
just five students and a loan of Rs 300.<br />
The school has also been awarded UNESCO Prize for<br />
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school<br />
worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a<br />
long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to<br />
the 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<br />
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic<br />
year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told a news agency 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,<br />
has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being<br />
recognised at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the city,<br />
is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed<br />
over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow school with 45,000<br />
students sets Guinness record<br />
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Starting from five students and a Rs. 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way<br />
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<br />
had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on 9 August 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 />
estatic.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the<br />
world’s most unique and selective records, has<br />
enthused the students and staff.<br />
The school has 20 branches across Lucknow:<br />
Reuters<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also<br />
our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at<br />
a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told<br />
IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20<br />
branches the school operates in the city, is equally<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which<br />
“mattered a lot in the transition” of 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
IANS<br />
28
29<br />
Lucknow school is world’s ‘largest’<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with<br />
the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness<br />
Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on<br />
Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at<br />
45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world’s most unique<br />
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the<br />
school operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching<br />
experience” which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been<br />
a “great one”.<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife<br />
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a<br />
borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for<br />
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever<br />
to receive this honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
– Indo-Asian News Service<br />
md/mr/tb<br />
IANS
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Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
September 23, 201200<br />
Lucknow: 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<br />
number of pupils in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
(CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39437 pupils on Aug 9 2010<br />
for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at<br />
45000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness which documents the world's most unique and<br />
selective records has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognized at a global level" school founder Jagdish<br />
Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
"great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed<br />
capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002 becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive<br />
this honour.
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Sunday September 23, 2012 10:39:53 AM, Mohit Dubey, IANS<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the<br />
world, according to the 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<br />
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11<br />
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<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace<br />
is being recognized 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<br />
in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience"<br />
which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great<br />
one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds<br />
32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in<br />
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this<br />
honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
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LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long<br />
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<br />
recognized 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<br />
equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which “mattered<br />
a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over<br />
the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
32
33<br />
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a<br />
Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to<br />
become the school with the most number of pupils in the<br />
world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now<br />
stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's<br />
most unique and selective records, has enthused the<br />
students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our<br />
philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global<br />
level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20<br />
branches the school operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a<br />
rented premises 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<br />
2002, becoming 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 />
md/mr/tb
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school<br />
has travelled a long way to become the school with the most<br />
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the<br />
<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,<br />
for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of<br />
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the<br />
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<br />
our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates in the<br />
city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a<br />
rented premises 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<br />
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in) (IANS)<br />
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Sunday, September 23, 2012 11:31:18 AM (IST)<br />
Lucknow <strong>School</strong> is World's 'Largest'<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS): Starting from five students and a Rs.300<br />
loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the<br />
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><br />
<strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils<br />
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<br />
45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique<br />
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the<br />
school operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
"great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife<br />
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a<br />
borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to<br />
receive this honour.<br />
35
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the<br />
school with the most number of pupils in the world,<br />
according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils<br />
now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's<br />
most unique and selective records, has enthused the<br />
students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our<br />
philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a<br />
global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20<br />
branches the school operates in the city, is equally<br />
estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an<br />
"enriching experience" which "mattered a lot in the<br />
transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the<br />
school has been a "great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students,<br />
she said the school holds 32 educational international<br />
events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the<br />
management, staff and students were overjoyed over<br />
the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi<br />
and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with<br />
just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious<br />
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive<br />
this honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
36
India<br />
Lucknow school is world's 'largest'<br />
Lucknow |Sunday, 2012 10:36:05 AM IST<br />
Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to<br />
become the school with the most number of<br />
pupils in the world, according to the Guinness<br />
Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had<br />
a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9,<br />
2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of<br />
pupils now stood at 45,000-plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents<br />
the world's most unique and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is<br />
being recognized 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<br />
the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a<br />
rented premises 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<br />
2002, becoming 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 md/mr/tb<br />
( 298 Words)<br />
2012-09-23-10:18:54 (IANS)<br />
37
Lucknow school is worlds<br />
largest<br />
Source: ibnlive | 23 Sep 2012 10:42:34 AM | View (37)<br />
Lucknow: 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<br />
number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrollment of 39,437 pupils on<br />
Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at<br />
45,000-plus.<br />
The school is also the only one in the world to receive the prestigious<br />
UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique<br />
and selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the<br />
school operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
"great one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife<br />
Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a<br />
borrowed capital of Rs 300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for<br />
Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to<br />
receive this honour.<br />
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CMS — Largest<br />
<strong>School</strong> in the<br />
World<br />
The picture on the left is a<br />
reproduction of the one<br />
published in Guinness<br />
Book of World Records<br />
2013. News of CMS’ entry<br />
in the Guinness Book as<br />
the largest school in the<br />
World has been covered<br />
extensively in all leading<br />
publications of the world<br />
viz. Time Magazine, USA;<br />
MAIL & GUARDIAN, Africa;<br />
ABC News, USA; The<br />
Nation, Pakistan; Mail<br />
Online, UK and others.<br />
41
42<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<br />
pupils in the world, according to the 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<br />
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
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<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told<br />
IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates<br />
in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”<br />
which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great<br />
one”.<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds<br />
32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in<br />
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education<br />
in 2002, becoming 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
43<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according<br />
to the 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<br />
recognized 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<br />
equally 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<br />
the 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 />
md/mr/tb
Lucknow school sets world record for highest<br />
student enrolment in year<br />
ANI London, Thu, 13 Sep 2012<br />
London, September 13 (ANI): The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India,<br />
has been included in the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for<br />
the highest number of students being enrolled in a year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic<br />
year, the Daily Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike<br />
Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest<br />
mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany,<br />
was named the oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got<br />
recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a<br />
circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms<br />
with a greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32<br />
stone), was also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest<br />
bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based<br />
farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy<br />
car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which<br />
measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013<br />
Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and<br />
documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)<br />
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By Mohit Dubey<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 : Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,<br />
according to the 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<br />
had a 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<br />
records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being<br />
recognized 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<br />
city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which<br />
"mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed<br />
over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
©IANS<br />
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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 />
md/mr/tb<br />
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Lucknow - Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way<br />
to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book<br />
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<br />
recognized 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<br />
equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a<br />
lot 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<br />
the 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 />
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48<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a<br />
Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with the<br />
most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
(CMS) in Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010,<br />
for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told IANS that the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-<br />
plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi<br />
told IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching<br />
experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great<br />
one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school<br />
holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students<br />
were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital<br />
of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this<br />
honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
-- Indo-Asian News Service<br />
md/mr/tb
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LUCKNOW: Starting from five students and a Rs.300<br />
loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to<br />
become the school with the most number of pupils in<br />
the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book says the <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in Lucknow had a record<br />
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<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level,” school founder Jagdish Gandhi told<br />
IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates<br />
in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience”<br />
which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a “great<br />
one”.<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds<br />
32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in<br />
a rented premises 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<br />
2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world,<br />
according to the 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<br />
had a 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,<br />
has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being<br />
recognized 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,<br />
is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which<br />
“mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed<br />
over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming 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 />
md/mr/tb<br />
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Lucknow school is world`s `largest`<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow had a<br />
record enrolment of 39,437 pupils on August<br />
09, 2010, for the 2010-11 academic year.<br />
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52<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school<br />
has travelled a long way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the<br />
world, according to the 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<br />
had a 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<br />
records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being<br />
recognized 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<br />
city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching experience” which<br />
“mattered a lot 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<br />
educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed<br />
over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented<br />
premises 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,<br />
becoming 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 />
md/mr/tb
2010-11 academic year.<br />
Starting from five students and a<br />
Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the<br />
school with the most number of pupils<br />
in the world, according to the<br />
Guinness Book of Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book<br />
says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS)<br />
in Lucknow had a record enrolment of<br />
39,437 pupils on Aug 9, 2010, for the<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<br />
selective records, has enthused the students and staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world<br />
peace is being recognized at a global level," school founder Jagdish Gandhi told<br />
IANS.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school operates<br />
in the city, is equally estatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience"<br />
which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a "great<br />
one".<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the school holds<br />
32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were<br />
overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in<br />
a rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital of Rs.300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education<br />
in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow school is worlds largest<br />
Source: ibnlive | 23 Sep 2012 10:42:34 AM | View (38)<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long way to become the school with<br />
the most number of pupils in the world, according to the 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 record enrollment of 39,437<br />
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 school is also the only one in the world to receive the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which documents the world's most unique and selective records, has enthused the students and<br />
staff.<br />
"We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a global level," school<br />
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 ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an "enriching experience" which "mattered a lot in the transition" in his<br />
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 international events every<br />
year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti Gandhi in a rented premises with just five students and a<br />
borrowed capital of Rs 300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide<br />
ever to receive this honour.<br />
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Lucknow school sets<br />
world record for<br />
highest student<br />
enrolment<br />
in year<br />
Submitted by Raman Iyer on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 05:52 Featured London United Kingdom<br />
London, September 13 : The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest<br />
edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students<br />
being enrolled in a year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year,<br />
the Daily Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa<br />
Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle,<br />
measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest<br />
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest `guns' - biceps and<br />
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater<br />
circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named as<br />
the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a<br />
Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2<br />
cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
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Lucknow school placed in<br />
Guinness World Records<br />
for highest student<br />
enrolment in year<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has got a place in the latest<br />
edition of Guinness Book of World Records for enrolling highest number of<br />
students in a year. The Daily Mail reported a record enrolment of 39,437<br />
pupils in this school for the 2010-2011 academic year. In 2012, its<br />
enrollment has reached over 45,000 pupils, which is a world record.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi.<br />
Being inspired by ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and<br />
others, a young and idealistic Jagdish Gandhi went out to create a school<br />
in 1959 with just five children on roll, no personal wealth, which later came<br />
to known as <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>. It is affiliated to the Council for the<br />
Indian <strong>School</strong> Certificate Examinations and offers education up to undergraduate<br />
level. Earlier,the school has been ranked 6th in the "most<br />
respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.<br />
The 2013 Guinness World Records is published in 22 languages in more<br />
than 100 countries, and is full of surprising stories.<br />
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Lucknow school sets world record for highest<br />
student enrolment in year<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition<br />
of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled<br />
in a year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the<br />
Daily Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail<br />
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a<br />
towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named<br />
the oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the<br />
largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a<br />
greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone),<br />
was also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and<br />
the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,<br />
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a<br />
vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm<br />
(17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World<br />
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new<br />
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)<br />
57
Lucknow school sets world record for highest student<br />
enrolment in year<br />
London, September 13 (ANI): The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in<br />
the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being<br />
enrolled in a year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail<br />
reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his<br />
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest<br />
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps<br />
and triceps – with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater<br />
circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named<br />
as the world’s heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest<br />
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just<br />
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created<br />
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to<br />
its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is<br />
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the<br />
human body. (ANI)<br />
Tags: London<br />
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The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of Guinness Book<br />
of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his<br />
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest<br />
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest guns - biceps and<br />
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater<br />
circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named<br />
as the worlds heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new editions animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog,<br />
a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2<br />
cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by<br />
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its<br />
highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is<br />
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the<br />
human body.<br />
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60<br />
Lucknow school sets world record f<br />
student enrolment in year<br />
London, September 13 (ANI):<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in<br />
Lucknow, India, has been<br />
included in the latest edition of<br />
Guinness Book of World<br />
Records for the highest number<br />
of students being enrolled in a<br />
year.<br />
hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
It made a record enrolment of<br />
39,437 pupils for the 2010-<br />
2011 academic year, the Daily<br />
Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in<br />
the 2013 edition is Popeye<br />
lookalike Moustafa Ismail and<br />
his monstrous biceps, and a<br />
man with the tallest mohican<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest<br />
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps<br />
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater<br />
circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also named<br />
as the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest<br />
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just<br />
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created<br />
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to<br />
its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is<br />
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the<br />
human body. (ANI)<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Lucknow, Guinness Book of World Records, Popeye
or highest<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, has set a world<br />
record in enrolling highest number of students in a<br />
year. It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for<br />
the 2010-2011 academic year,<br />
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AZERBAIJAN<br />
Baku, September 18 (AzerTAc). The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been<br />
included in the latest edition of Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of<br />
students being enrolled in a year. It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-<br />
2011 academic year, the Daily Mail reported. Among others to find a place in the 2013<br />
edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the<br />
tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in. Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old<br />
retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest gymnast while Egyptianborn<br />
Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest `guns` - biceps and triceps - with<br />
a circumference of 25.5in. The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin,<br />
Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also<br />
named as the world`s heaviest sportswoman. Among the new edition`s animal-based<br />
records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in<br />
from foot to withers. Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armaghbased<br />
farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers. Other records in the 57th<br />
edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and<br />
teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its<br />
highest part. Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013<br />
Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents<br />
numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
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VANCOUVER, CANADA<br />
Lucknow, Sep 23 (IANS) Starting from five students and a Rs.300 loan, a Lucknow school has travelled a long<br />
way to become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
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 record<br />
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 enthused<br />
the students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of world peace is being recognized at a<br />
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 in the<br />
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 with just<br />
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 the only<br />
school worldwide ever to receive this honour.<br />
(Mohit Dubey can be contacted at mohit.d@ians.in)<br />
— Indo-Asian News Service<br />
md/mr/tb<br />
IANS 2012-09-23 10:18:16<br />
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LONDON, U.K.<br />
Lucknow school sets world record for highest student<br />
enrolment in year<br />
Big News Network (ANI) Thursday 13th September, 2012<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of<br />
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a<br />
year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily Mail<br />
reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his<br />
monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the oldest<br />
gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest 'guns' - biceps<br />
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater<br />
circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was also<br />
named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest<br />
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just<br />
76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created<br />
by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to<br />
its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is<br />
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the<br />
human body. (ANI)
SCOTLAND, U.K.<br />
You are <strong>here</strong> News > Odd<br />
Latest Guinness World Records to feature world’s heaviest sportswoman, and<br />
bodybuilder with arms larger than an average person’s head<br />
Moustafa Ismail, who has the world's largest biceps and triceps. Picture: PA<br />
Published on Thursday 13 September 2012 00:00<br />
GUINNESS World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including<br />
new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the lowest ever car.<br />
• Latest Guinness World Records to feature extremes of human physicality, including world’s heaviest sportswoman and<br />
bodybuilder with largest ‘guns’<br />
• 57th edition of book, which is expected to sell 2.7 million copies, also includes world’s shortest bull and a 44” tall dog<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world’s heaviest sportswoman and the<br />
most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7<br />
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;<br />
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest “guns” - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;<br />
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest<br />
sportswoman.<br />
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human<br />
head.<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a<br />
professional body-builder.<br />
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring<br />
44” from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to<br />
withers.<br />
Farmer’s son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull’s fate would have been different if he<br />
had been of a normal stature.<br />
Ryan said: “When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef.<br />
“However, by Christmas time, he still hadn’t grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.<br />
“His size saved his life and now he’s going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It’s brilliant and amazing to have Archie in the<br />
new Guinness Worlds book.”<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in<br />
Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the<br />
2010-2011 academic year.<br />
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Some Weird Entries In This Year's Guinness Book Of Record (PHOTOS)<br />
admin | September 13, 2012 | 0 Comments<br />
It’s been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo Farah and<br />
Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous<br />
biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
It’s not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to<br />
a teeny bull.<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world’s heaviest sportswoman<br />
and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts,<br />
has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps.<br />
He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach – which he hates<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell<br />
around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest<br />
gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps and triceps – with a<br />
circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran<br />
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr<br />
Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils<br />
for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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IRELAND<br />
Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting<br />
global achievement, including new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the<br />
lowest ever car.<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the<br />
world's heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest<br />
ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World<br />
Recordsis expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes<br />
relating to the human body.<br />
These include Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest "guns" - biceps<br />
and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in; 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher<br />
from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast; and London-based sumo wrestler<br />
Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest<br />
sportswoman.<br />
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, has arms with a<br />
greater circumference than the average human head. The 24-year-old, originally from<br />
Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a<br />
professional body-builder.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the<br />
tallest dog, a Great Danemeasuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures<br />
just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers. Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five<br />
months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he had been of a normal<br />
stature.<br />
Ryan said: "When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef. However, by Christmas time, he<br />
still hadn't grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him. His size<br />
saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing<br />
to have Archie in the new Guinness Worlds book."<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle<br />
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from<br />
the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
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Our World<br />
Thursday, September 13, 2012<br />
From the human Popeye to the tallest Mohican: The weird<br />
and wacky entries in this year's Guinness Book of<br />
Records<br />
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes<br />
of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest<br />
Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail<br />
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft<br />
8in.<br />
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a<br />
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.<br />
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years<br />
pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach -<br />
which he hates<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's<br />
heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is<br />
expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the<br />
human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named<br />
the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and<br />
triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran<br />
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference<br />
than the average human head.<br />
Largest hotdog: Feeling peckish? This 7lb, 16in monster on sale in Chicago will set you back £24<br />
'His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and<br />
amazing to have Archie in the new Guinness Worlds book.'<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by<br />
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its<br />
highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of<br />
39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.
PAKISTAN<br />
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the<br />
incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo<br />
Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with<br />
some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World<br />
Records.Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the<br />
2013 edition of Guinness Book of World Record is Popeye<br />
lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a<br />
man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a<br />
towering 3ft 8in. It's not just humans either, with all<br />
creatures great and small snatching a few records - from a<br />
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull. The 57th version of<br />
best-selling reference book also features new verified<br />
entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most<br />
conquests of Mount Everest. These include 86-year-old<br />
Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig,<br />
Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast and Londonbased<br />
sumo wrestler Sharran Other records in the 57th<br />
edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a<br />
vehicle created by students and teachers in Asakuchi,<br />
Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground<br />
to its highest part. The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow,<br />
India, also enters the new edition, with a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic<br />
year. DM<br />
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CARIBBEAN ISLANDS<br />
Lucknow school sets world record<br />
for highest student enrolment in<br />
year<br />
Trinidad News.Net Thursday 13th September, 2012<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of<br />
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a<br />
year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily<br />
Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and<br />
his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering<br />
3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the<br />
oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest<br />
'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a<br />
greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was<br />
also named as the world's heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the<br />
tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,<br />
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle<br />
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in)<br />
from the ground to its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World<br />
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new<br />
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)<br />
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Some weird entries in this year's Guinness Book<br />
Of Record<br />
These are some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of<br />
World Records.<br />
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition<br />
is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous<br />
biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle,<br />
measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from<br />
Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a<br />
day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than<br />
spinach – which he hates<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest<br />
sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to<br />
sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the<br />
oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' – biceps and triceps –<br />
with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran<br />
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder<br />
Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average<br />
human head.<br />
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft<br />
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he<br />
towers over her at 7ft 4in<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to<br />
become a professional body-builder. Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the<br />
shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe's spear-like hairdo peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks<br />
to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehicle created by students<br />
and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437<br />
pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.<br />
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk<br />
Culled from African Spotlight<br />
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CARIBBEAN ISLANDS<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, has been included in the latest edition of<br />
Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of students being enrolled in a<br />
year.<br />
It made a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year, the Daily<br />
Mail reported.<br />
Among others to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and<br />
his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering<br />
3ft 8in.<br />
Johanna Quaas, an 86-year-old retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, was named the<br />
oldest gymnast while Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail got recognition for having the largest<br />
‘guns’ - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in.<br />
The 24-year-old bodybuilder, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a<br />
greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), was<br />
also named as the world’s heaviest sportswoman.<br />
Among the new edition’s animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the<br />
tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm,<br />
measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to withers.<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle<br />
created by students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in)<br />
from the ground to its highest part.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World<br />
Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new<br />
extremes relating to the human body. (ANI)<br />
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LONDON, U.K.<br />
Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including<br />
new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast and the lowest ever car.<br />
The 57th version of the best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and<br />
the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7<br />
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;<br />
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest "guns" - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;<br />
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest<br />
sportswoman.<br />
Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human<br />
head.<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a<br />
professional body-builder.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring<br />
44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to<br />
withers.<br />
Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he<br />
had been of a normal stature.<br />
Ryan said: "When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef.<br />
"However, by Christmas time, he still hadn't grown and because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.<br />
"His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing to have Archie in the<br />
new Guinness Worlds book."<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers in<br />
Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the<br />
2010-2011 academic year.<br />
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BLOG OF A NIGERIAN<br />
Some Weird Entries In This Year's Guinness Book Of Record (PHOTOS)<br />
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the<br />
likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the<br />
latest Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail<br />
and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft<br />
8in.<br />
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a<br />
mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.<br />
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years<br />
pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach –<br />
which he hates<br />
The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most<br />
conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies<br />
and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born<br />
Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' – biceps and triceps – with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo<br />
wrestler Sharran<br />
Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in<br />
Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.<br />
Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding,<br />
from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft<br />
Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag<br />
in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a professional bodybuilder.<br />
Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in<br />
from foot to withers.<br />
Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe's spear-like hairdo<br />
peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car – a vehiclecreated by<br />
students and teachers in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its<br />
highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record<br />
enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the 2010-2011 academic year.<br />
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GhanaNation News: From the human Popeye to the world's biggest horse: The weird and wacky entries in this year's<br />
Guinness Book of Records<br />
From the human Popeye to the world's biggest horse: The weird and wacky entries<br />
in this year's Guinness Book of Records<br />
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Staff on 13/09/2012 05:56:00<br />
By Daily Mail Reporter<br />
PUBLISHED: 18:18 EST, 12 September 2012 | UPDATED: 06:56 EST, 13 September 2012<br />
It's been a record-breaking summer thanks to the incredible efforts of our athletes. But even the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica<br />
Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition is Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps,<br />
and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.<br />
It's not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to a teeny<br />
bull.<br />
Biggest biceps: Popeye lookalike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to<br />
get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach - which he hates The 57th version of best-selling reference<br />
book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as<br />
well as the tallest ever dog.<br />
Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7<br />
million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.<br />
These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast;<br />
Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest 'guns' - biceps and triceps - with a circumference of 25.5in;<br />
and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world's heaviest<br />
sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the<br />
average human head.<br />
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Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands - or almost 7ft A 29-year-old<br />
bull called Archie, from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, measures just 30in from his hooves to his withers Tallest dog:<br />
Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in<br />
The 24-year-old, originally from Alexandria, Egypt, hopes his record-breaking status will be a springboard to become a<br />
professional body-builder. Among the new edition's animal-based records are new bests for the shortest bull and the tallest<br />
dog, a Great Dane measuring 44in from foot to withers.<br />
Archie, a 29-month-old Dexter breed bull owned by a County Armagh-based farm, measures just 76.2 cm (30in) from hoof to<br />
withers.<br />
Farmer's son Ryan Lavery, 15, bought Archie at five months old and admits that the bull's fate would have been different if he<br />
had been of a normal stature.<br />
Ryan said: 'When we bought Archie, he was destined for beef. However, by Christmas time, he still hadn't grown and<br />
because we had become so fond of him we decided to keep him.<br />
Heaviest female athlete: British sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander wolfed down a high calorie diet of takeaways and fried<br />
chicken to get into the record books at 32st<br />
(Left) Biggest Barbie collection: Blonde Barbie fan Bettina Dorfmann, 52, from Germany, has 15,000 dolls she's collected since<br />
1993 - they fill a room. (Right) Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe’s spear-like hairdo peaks at more than<br />
3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel<br />
Fastest sheep: Zippy Lambourghini, from a farm in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, won't bleat after winning 165 out of<br />
179 races<br />
Largest hotdog: Feeling peckish? This 7lb, 16in monster on sale in Chicago will set you back £24<br />
'His size saved his life and now he's going to live out the rest of his life as a pet. It's brilliant and amazing to have Archie in<br />
the new Guinness Worlds book.'<br />
Other records in the 57th edition of the book include the lowest roadworthy car - a vehicle created by students and teachers<br />
in Asakuchi, Japan, which measures 45.2cm (17.79in) from the ground to its highest part.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> in Lucknow, India, also enters the new edition, with a record enrolment of 39,437 pupils for the<br />
2010-2011 academic year.<br />
VIDEO: REAL-LIFE POPEYE SAYS HE WILL NOW AIM FOR 30 INCH \'GUNS\'...<br />
VIDEO: HEAVIEST FEMALE SUMO WRESTLER, BIGGEST DOG, FASTEST SHEEP... THE BEST OF<br />
WORLD RECORD BREAKERS<br />
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OFFICIAL GUINNESS BLOG<br />
Lucknow school is world`s `largest`<br />
Lucknow: Starting from five students and<br />
a Rs 300 loan, a Lucknow school has<br />
travelled a long way to become the school<br />
with the most number of pupils in the<br />
world, according to the Guinness Book of<br />
Records.<br />
The 57th and 2013 edition of the book<br />
says the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Montessori</strong> <strong>School</strong> (CMS) in<br />
Lucknow had a record enrolment of 39,437<br />
pupils on August 09, 2010, for the 2010-<br />
11 academic year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> authorities told a news agency that<br />
the number of pupils now stood at 45,000-<br />
plus.<br />
The entry in the Guinness, which<br />
documents the world’s most unique and<br />
selective records, has enthused the<br />
students and staff.<br />
“We are very happy that not only our size but also our philosophy of<br />
world peace is being recognised at a global level,” school founder<br />
Jagdish Gandhi told a news agency.<br />
Tanmay Tiwari, a Class 12 student on one of the 20 branches the school<br />
operates in the city, is equally ecstatic.<br />
He said studying in one of the school campuses was an “enriching<br />
experience” which “mattered a lot in the transition” in his persona.<br />
Principal Vera Hazela says her association with the school has been a<br />
“great one”.<br />
Talking of the exposure the school gives to its students, she said the<br />
school holds 32 educational international events every year.<br />
<strong>School</strong> spokesperson Rishi Khann said the management, staff and<br />
students were overjoyed over the Guinness recognition.<br />
The school was founded in 1959 by Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti<br />
Gandhi in rented premises with just five students and a borrowed capital<br />
of Rs 300.<br />
The school was also awarded the prestigious UNESCO Prize for Peace<br />
Education in 2002, becoming the only school worldwide ever to receive<br />
this honour.<br />
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