City Montessori School
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City Montessori School is a private school that offers education up to the level of under-graduation, in Lucknow, India. Founded in 1959, by Jagdish Gandhi & Bharti Gandhi by 2005 its enrollment had reached 31,000 pupils, a world record [1].
[edit] World Citizenship
CMS strives to inculcate in students the philosophy of 'Jai Jagat' (Glory be to the World!). This thought empowers them with a global perspective and the concept of world citizenship.
All CMS events begin with a prayer for world peace. World Peace Prayer Ceremonies are organized under the aegis of World Peace Prayer Society of Japan with its headquarters in New York.
The World Peace Prayer Society - founded by renowned Japanese philosopher Masahisa Goi - also promotes planting of Peace Poles which are four-sided obelisks with the prayer 'May Peace Prevail on Earth' written in different languages on all four sides. The Peace Poles are said to be like acupuncture pins on the acupressure points of the globe. To date, the Society has planted over 200,000 such Peace Poles in more than 130 countries of the world.
The world is an internet. Globalism is understanding that the world is a home of all internet users who live in it. It is no longer possible to live in isolation of each other. The sooner we deny this, the more we can prepare our children for combat. CMS educational system strives to break down the existing narrow domestic walls and to open up new possibilities for global cooperation in all fields of human end. It seeks to develop in children the oneness of God and mankind as well as unity of all religions. The young minds are exposed to the culture and aspirations of all.
City Montessori School, popularly known as CMS,with it's many branches is the world's largest private school in a single city, recognized by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination for ICSE and ISC.
Pre-Primary & Primary Education: The School admits boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 5 as follows: (a) Montessori : 2 to 3 years of age (Play Group) (b) Nursery : 4 years of age (c) K.G. : 5 years of age
CMS has adopted the Montessori method of preschool education. The school appoints Montessori trained teachers of proven ability and temperament to take care of the little ones and to initiate them into learning by doing.
A British expert, Ms. Jo Lewington Hignett, spent a year to develop Montessori classrooms and a workshop for classroom materials for CMS. Other Montessori trained international teachers and trainers frequently assist the CMS programme so that it matches world standards of Montessori preschool education.
"The discovery of the powers of the child is the most important discovery humanity has ever made and uncovers the very roots of our life."
