With 47,000 students, City Montessori School in India is the largest school in the world. Parents pay £12 a month for younger students and £30 for older ones, which makes it a private school. The school rules are quite strict, and students have to wear a uniform
. Dr Jagdish Gandhi and Dr Bharti Ghandhi started the school in 1959, because they believed that all children have a right to an education. Students say that they have to work
very hard to success, because there are a lot of
students in each class. Most classes have between 40 and 50 students, but the teachers are happy with that number. As well as subjects such as Maths and English, students at City Montessori School learn about world peace. People in the local area like the school’s philosophy, which is one of the reasons for its do well
. On leaving school, some students have gone to do a degree at Harvard University in the USA, while others have started a career at the United Nations.