failed to project ourselves before the student community as some institutions in big metros did in this age of competition said professor muzammil apart from the tertiary education lucknow also has a historical legacy in school education the oldest schools la martiniere college and colvin taluqdars college have imparted quality education for over a century city montessori school cms entered the guinness book of world records for being the largest school in terms of pupils the school had a record enrolment of 39437 pupils for the academic session 20102011 founded by jagdish gandhi and his wife bharti the first campus was started on a borrowed capital of rs 300 it was started on rented premises and began with only five students summing it up professor manoj dixit faculty of public administration lucknow university said in three decades growth of higher education has been substantive but not intensive the perceptive image towards universities and colleges is turning negative we did emerge as a top educational hub but have failed to retain the pride of place