City Montessori School, Kanpur Road, Lucknow

City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi. By 2008 its enrollment had reached 32,000 pupils, a world record. CMS is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The school has been ranked 6th in the "most respected secondary schools" in India list compiled by IMRB in 2007.  CMS has a Girls' Degree College at the LDA Branch on Kanpur Road, Lucknow which offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Bachelor of Science (B.S.) courses.

CMS Branches

CMS has 21 branch campuses spread across the city.

CMS Aliganj Branch (Old Bldg)

CMS Aliganj Branch (Sector O)

CMS Aminabad Branch

CMS Anand Nagar Branch

CMS Asharfabad Branch

CMS Chowk Branch

CMS Gomti Nagar Branch

CMS Indira Nagar Branch

CMS Jopling Road Branch

CMS Kanpur Road Branch

CMS Mahanagar Branch (3rd Bldg)

CMS Mahanagar Branch (Old Bldg)

CMS Mahanagar Branch (New Bldg)

CMS Rajajipuram Branch (New Bldg)

CMS Rajajipuram Branch (Old Bldg)

CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (Old)

CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (UPIL)

CMS Rajendra Nagar Branch (New Build)

CMS,R.D.S.O. Colony Branch

CMS Station Road Branch

CMS Vardan Khand, Gomtinagar Branch

World citizenship

CMS inculcates in students the philosophy of 'Jai Jagat' (Glory be to the World).

CMS organizes 24 international events annually to promote world unity and world peace.

Events and competitions

Commonwealth Youth Conference

Celesta International: a cultural Fest

MACFAIR (Maths and Computer Fair)

International Education Fair (IEF)

International Quality Summit (IQS)

GlobalTie Conference

International Innovations Day

EXSPO International Sport Olympiad

World Peace Festival

GEOFEST International and National Geography Olympiad

International Youth Fest

SAARC Youth Festival

QUANTA: International Competition for Science, Mathematics, Mental Ability, Astronomy and Computer Science

International Astronomy Olympiad

International Young Mathematicians' Competition (IYMC)

The International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World (World Judiciary Summit)

Children's International Summer Village (CISV) Camps

International School-to-School Experience (ISSE)

International Computer Fair and Seminar (COFAS)

ODYSSEY: International Literary English Fest

Wizards at Mathematics International Competition (WIZMIC)

EUREKA International

International Convention on Students' Quality Control Circle's (ICSQCC)

International Conference of Pre-Primary Principal

Ed-Leadership Conference

Quest International Festival of Biotechnology

UNESCO Peace Prize

CMS was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002, the first school in the world to be so honored, in recognition of its efforts "to promote the universal values of education for peace and tolerance at a time when these values are increasingly being challenged".

Service activities

CMS students help their local and national communities. They have founded Eco Clubs, hosted environmental seminars, organized tree plantings and clean up projects, and lobbied state legislature for water pollution control.

In recognition of their service and environmental activitism, the Commissioner Lucknow division appointed CMS students for monitoring and enforcement of the local air pollution guidelines for vehicle emissions.

DEVI Sansthan - standing for Dignity, Education, Vision, International - is a non profit NGO dedicated to empowering rural/ urban poor and women, CMS students have participated in village literacy programmes and worked side by side with village residents to build roads.

CMS students fund raise for the India Cancer Society.

Awards and honours

The institution has received the following awards: -

Certificate of Guinness Records,

The Derozio Award,

Friend of Young Physicists Award,

Quality Pioneer Award,

Key to the City of Georgetown,

UNESCO Prize for Peace 2002,

UP Ratan, Excellence Awards 2003,

Rights of the Child Award,

Nuclear Free Future Award,

Life-Link Campaign,

Bhartiya Awam Society UP,

Progressive Cultural Society,

Ashoka Changemakers award.

Guinness World Record

The school is the largest school in the world in terms of pupils. It had a record enrolment of 32,114 pupils on 5 February 2008 for the 2007-2008 academic years.