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Unparallel Records
Some highlights from the past 17
years
734 CMS students have secured
90% and above marks in ICSE /
ISC Board Examinations 2007.
A
record number of 399 CMS
students qualified for admission
to various Engineering, Medical
and Professional Colleges in
India and abroad in 2007.
Since 1990, an unprecedented
number of 3,519 CMS students
have qualified for admissions to
various Engineering/Medical and
other professional courses in
India and abroad.
CMS
students have achieved
outstanding success in several
international Maths, Computer,
Science and Robotics Olympiads.
8
CMS students have qualified at
the Regional Level Maths
Olympiad in 2007. Out of 19
students selected from UP, 9
Students are from Lucknow, and 8
students belong to CMS.
In
National Talent Search
Scholarship (NTS), of the 566
selections from Lucknow.
328
students were from CMS. This
number represents nearly two and
a half of the total number of
selections from all of Lucknow
schools combined and the largest
from any school in India.
At
the Commonwealth International
Essay competition organised by
the Royal Commonwealth Society,
London, essays of 6 CMS students
were awarded commendation
certificates.
19
students of Class X and 17
students of Class VIII from CMS
were awarded the National Talent
Search Merit Scholarships in
2007 out of a total of 54(27
students of Class X and 27
students of Class VIII) students
selected from the whole of
Lucknow. They receive a merit
scholarship of Rs. 500/- pm
awarded upto research level.
4
students were selected for the
coveted Singapore Airlines Merit
Scholarship worth approximately
Rs.12 lakhs each. 52 CMS
students have been selected for
this highly coveted scholarship
up till now.
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National & International Media
USA
Exemplary Curriculums: A bold
experiment in teaching values,
Educational Leadership, by ASCD,
1996, USA
"The religiously diverse school
has proven that teachers can
instil both personal virtues and
a desire to excel, and that
academic excellence flows from
character development.
Influenced by the teachings of
Mahatma Gandhi, the founders
wanted the City Montessori
School to exemplify the
principles of unity of humankind
and universal brotherhood...”
One Country:
In India, The World’s Largest
School succeeds by focusing on
Globalism and Morality, One
Country, October-December 2001,
USA "According to parents, CMS
has been successful at
attracting students largely for
two reasons: its reputation for
academic excellence, and its
distinctive programme of moral
education.
CMS’s long-standing promotion of
tolerance and oneness has
contributed to the overall sense
of communal harmony in
Lucknow... The school also
strives for educational
innovation. It has adopted
various management practices,
such as Quality Circles...” etc.
U.K.
Regeneration & Renewal 19th of
November 2004, London,
UK"Peacemaker’s message - The
world’s biggest school, headed
by Jagdish Gandhi has 31,000
pupils on its books. But its
work to cut inter-communal
conflict is even more impressive
than its size...
In a city split between Muslims
and Hindus, the Montessori
system’s emphasis on
non-denominational spirituality
and the unity of mankind proved
attractive to both
communities...”
War
Prevention Works: 50 stories of
people resolving conflict,
Oxford Research Group, September
2001, UK "In 1992, Babri Masjid
(Mosque) at Ayodhya was
destroyed, spreading a wave of
riots and violence throughout
the city and across the country
between Hindus and Muslims.
City
Montessori School, Lucknow,
convened a series of public
meetings to bring together the
heads of all the religions of
the city in its school
buildings.
CMS
teachers and students took out
several peace marches in
sensitive areas of Lucknow and
appealed directly to the people
of the city to refrain from
violence.
Outcome: Given its proximity to
Ayodhya, Lucknow escaped
violence.
Australia
Exemplary Curriculums: A Bold
Experiment in Teaching
Values,Herald of the South,
July-September, 1998, Australia
"CMS
recognises that a child observes
the teacher’s and parent’s every
move. Likewise, teachers are not
merely experts in content; they
are also responsible for the
emotional, social, spiritual and
intellectual development of the
child...
CMS
recognizes mothers and fathers
through a system of titles and
certificates to honour parents
for the children’s
achievements...”
The Netherlands
People Building Peace: 35
inspiring stories from around
the world, European Centre for
Conflict Prevention, 1999, The
Netherlands
"The seeds of Mahatma Gandhi's
visions are being nurtured in
India, where a school (CMS) that
started in 1959 with five pupils
has become the largest private
school in the world with over
31,000 students. Today, the City
Montessori School is a source of
inspiration for schools all
around the world."
Japan
Creating Peace, Extraordinary
CMS Efforts, Goi Foundation
Journal, June, 2002, No. 12,
Japan
"Amongst the various peace
education tools used at CMS,
perhaps the most widely known
and seen is the CMS Peace Floats
that have been, for over 25
years now, a regular feature of
the annual Republic Day Parade
held on 26th January every year
at Lucknow, India...
The Parade is watched by over
one million people every year
for the last 27 years, who line
up along the parade route and by
many more millions on the
television. Each year, the
design and topic of the float
varies but the overall arching
theme remains world unity and
world peace ”
The Goi Peace Foundation Report
2001-2002
"True education releases
capacities, develops analytical
abilities, confidence in
oneself, will power and goal
setting competency, and instils
the vision that will enable
oneself to become a
self-motivated agent of social
change, serving the best
interests of the community...”
Jagdish Gandhi as quoted at the
symposium on Declaration for All
Life on Earth 2002 at Tokyo,
Japan.
Creating Peace: Creating an Era
of Harmony, Goi Peace Foundation
Journal, January, 2003, No. 14,
Japan
"CMS
believes that a school must act
as a lighthouse to society,
providing direction and
guidance.
Consequently, throughout its
over four-decades long service
in the field of education, CMS
has been actively working to
construct the defences of peace
in the minds of CMS students and
also in the public mind.
This
is achieved through a vigorous
use of various public education
tools and peace-based activities
designed to promote peace and
harmony. ”
India
Roll of Honour, The Week, 07
November, 1999, India
When Jagdish Gandhi and his wife
Bharti founded the City
Montessori School (CMS) with a
borrowed sum of Rs 300, they
could find no student. A
fortnight later, a neighbors
agreed to send her five
children. Thus, the school
opened on July 1, 1959. Today,
with more than 31,000 pupils, it
is world largest school as per
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