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==Controversies== |
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In August 2015, the [[Allahabad High Court]] issued a contempt notice to the school because it had refused to admit 13 students of economically weak backgrounds under the [[Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act]].<ref name=TNN>{{cite news|author1=Times News Network|title=HC’s contempt notice to CMS|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/HCs-contempt-notice-to-CMS/articleshow/48689018.cms|accessdate=18 September 2015|work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|location=Lucknow|date=27 August 2015}}</ref> The school had previously stopped a [[Pakistan]]i school from taking part in the 2014 International School Cricket Premier League for security reasons. The event was organised by CMS itself.<ref>{{cite web|author1=[[Press Trust of India]]|title=Pakistan school excluded from International School Cricket Premier League|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/news/pakistan-school-excluded-from-international-school-cricket-premier-league-220774|publisher=Cricket Country|accessdate=18 September 2015|date=8 December 2014}}</ref> The school is well known for its high fees. In 2013, it increased its fees by up-to 16% in comparison to previous year's fee.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jain|first1=Isha|title=New academic session, new fee structure|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/New-academic-session-new-fee-structure/articleshow/19333407.cms|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|location=Lucknow|accessdate=18 September 2015|date=2 April 2013}}</ref> In an example of [[School corporal punishment]], one of the school's teacher slapped a student so hard that he became deaf from his left ear. The student lodged an FIR against the teacher. Despite the incident receiving media attention, the school's founder maintained that "physical punishment is banned in the school".<ref>{{cite news|author1=Times News Network|title=CMS student receives ‘deafening’ slap from teacher|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/CMS-student-receives-deafening-slap-from-teacher/articleshow/40861858.cms|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|location=Lucknow|accessdate=18 September 2015|date=25 August 2014}}</ref> |
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Reportedly, a student of class 10 at the school's Mahanagar branch committed suicide in 2011, after his principal Nalini Sharad, threatened him to move around the school's campus, naked. After the student's suicide, his parents filed a complained with the police and the school's employees testified reagding the incident. Despite this, the police did not register a case against the then principal and a court ordered in 2013 that a case should be registered against Sharad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-principal to face trial for student's suicide, says court|author1=Times News Network|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Ex-principal-to-face-trial-for-students-suicide-says-court/articleshow/21318402.cms|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|location=Lucknow|accessdate=18 September 2015|date=25 July 2013}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 09:05, 17 October 2015
City Montessori School (CMS) (Hindi: सिटी मॉन्टेसरी स्कूल, लखनऊ) is a co-educational English medium private school that offers education from Pre-school up to K-12 (Grade 12) level in Lucknow, India. The school was founded in 1959 by Drs Bharti Gandhi and Jagdish Gandhi. In 2015 its enrollment has reached over 50,000 pupils.[1] CMS is affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The City Montessori School, Gomtinagar Campus has been ranked 1st by academic reputation nationally by the Educational World (http://www.educationworld.in) magazine recently in its September 2015 edition and has received numerous awards (http://www.cmseducation.org/awards.htm)[2]. According to an independant analysis of ISC (Grade 12) results of 2015 carried out by the website http://www.thelearningpoint.net, City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar Campus stood second by the parameter of average across Eng+best3 subjects of all the appearing students (http://www.thelearningpoint.net/home/examination-results-2015/top-cisce-affiliated-schools-base-on-isc-2015-results). On the same parameters, as declared by http://www.thelearningpoint.net, the Aliganj and Mahanagar Campuses of City Montessori School stood 5th and 6th nationally.
| City Montessori School सिटी मॉन्टेसरी स्कूल, लखनऊ | |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | Template:Lang-hi (Glory to the World) |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Jagdish Gandhi Bharti Gandhi |
| Enrollment | 50,000[1] |
| Affiliation | Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) |
| Website | http://www.cmseducation.org |
Background
The husband and wife duo of Jagdish Gandhi (b. 10 November 1936)[3] and Bharti Gandhi founded the City Montessori School with just 5 students and a borrowed capital of just Rs 300 or US$ 5 (approx) in rented premises in 1959. The first words that the students wrote on their slate on the first day of the school were 'Jai Jagat' or 'Glory be to the World' which later became the motto of the school. Currently CMS has 20 separate branch campuses spread across the city. City Montessori School is well known for its comprehensive peace education curriculum which can be witnessed in all the school activities like All-Religion Prayer, World Peace Prayer, World Parliaments, Peace Marches etc. In 2002 CMS was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, the first school in the world to be honoured as such.[4][5][6] The CMS philosophy revolves around the "twin poles" of globalism and godliness, and the school's mission is to promote world unity and peace by shaping future generations as "world citizens" whose minds have the virtues of unity and peace impressed upon them from day one.
"A school must act as a lighthouse to society; providing direction, guidance and leadership to students, parents, and society and also concern itself with the affairs of the age" is one of the core beliefs of school.
City Montessori School organises 30 international educational events in a calendar year (http://www.cmseducation.org/events_conf/eventindex.htm). Thousands of children from different countries of the world regularly participate in these international events.
Recently, the CMS society was accredited with the United Nations Department of Public Information as its NGO. (http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/ngo796.doc.htm)
Celina Jaitley is one of the most noted alumni of this school.[7]
Branches
The campuses of the school are spread all over the city of Lucknow. The campuses include:
1. CMS Station Road Campus 2. CMS Gomti Nagar Campus 1 3. CMS Gomti Nagar Campus 2 4. CMS Mahanagar Campus 1 5. CMS Mahanagar Campus 2 6. CMS Mahanagar Campus 3 7. CMS Aliganj Campus 1 8. CMS Aliganj Campus 2 9. CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus 1 10. CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus 2 11. CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus 3 12. CMS Rajajipuram Campus 1 13. CMS Rajajipuram Campus 2 14. CMS RDSO Campus 15. CMS Kanpur Road Campus 16. CMS Asharfabad Campus 17. CMS Jopling Road Campus 18. CMS Anand Nagar Campus 19. CMS Chowk Campus 20. CMS Indira Nagar Campus
References
- ^ "Largest school by pupils". Guinness Book of Records.