LUCKNOW, India - The first day in class for any new pupil can be an
overwhelming experience, so imagine arriving for lessons as one of
40,000 pupils on the roll-call of the world's biggest school.
The latest edition of Guinness World Records awards the title to the City Montessori School in the Indian city of Lucknow with 39,437 registered pupils in the 2010-2011 academic year.
The school says that
enrollment numbers have already risen above 45,000, with 2,500 teachers,
3,700 computers, 1,000 classrooms - and one of the hardest first eleven
cricket teams to break into.
CMS, as it is known, was opened by
Jagdish Gandhi and his wife Bharti in 1959 with a loan of 300 rupees ($6
at current rates) and just five pupils.
Today it sprawls over 20
sites in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, and is as famous
for its exam results and international exchange programmes as for its
scale.
Today's city comes to us from the opposite side of the world in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Anisha Sharma says that Lucknow--the "Paris of the East"
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 assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
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 assembly as there is nowhere big enough to hold them.
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