The Director-General of UNESCO awarded the 2002 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education to Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi, founders of the City Montessori School (India) on behalf of the school at UNESCO Headquarters.

In congratulating the City Montessori School (CMS), Mr Matsuura stressed that “a school must act as a lighthouse for society, providing direction and guidance, and (that) each child is potentially the light of the world, as a future conscious and proactive member of society.”

He continued by stating that “in India as well as in the rest of the world, religious, sectarian and nationalistic hatreds are threatening to pull apart whole communities and are destabilizing many regions; CMS is to be congratulated for promoting the values of peace, religious harmony, tolerance and coexistence among children.”

Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Minister of Human Resource Development, Science and Technology of India and President of the Indian National Commission attended the award ceremony. Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, a man of vision and action, has long advocated UNESCO’s work with his holistic view of science, religion and human values.

UNESCO Prize for Peace Education 2002 Certificate
Glimpses of the Ceremony