| Bai Virbaiji Sopariwala Parsi High School | |
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| Location | |
| Karachi, Sindh Pakistan |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Motto | Towards that best light |
| Established | 1859 |
| Principal | Mrs. Kermin Parakh |
Bai Virbaijee Soparivala Parsi High School (B.V.S. Parsi High School) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was opened on May 23, 1859, as Karachi Parsi Balak Shalla by the Zoroastrian residents of Karachi. The Government of Education of Sindh has rated B.V.S. "The Best Private Boys School for the Millennium".
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The school, founded by Seth Shahpurji, opened in 1859 as "The Parsi Balakshala". In 1870, the school moved to a new location and was renamed "Parsi Virbaiji Soparivala School" after the founder's deceased wife. The school was renamed again in 1875 as "Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi Anglo-Vernacular School". In 1904, the construction of the present building began and was finished by 1906 when the school relocated to the new building. Eduljee Bejanji Kandawala Library was founded in 1916 at the school. The school was restructured in 1918 and was bifurcated into "Mama Parsi Girls School" for girls and "Parsi Virbaiji School" for boys. In 1922, formal English education started at the school and it was renamed as "Bai Virbaiji Soparivala Parsi High School," its current name. In 1927, the Cowasjee-Variawas Scout Band was formed at the school. The second story of the building was constructed in 1923 and the Gorwala Hall was built in 1932. In 1940, Cowasjee family donated a gymkhana to B.V.S. B.V.S. was recognized as a technical high school in 1945. After the partition of British India, non-Parsi students were admitted to the school at the request of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah as there was a shortage of good schools in the newly created state of Pakistan. Eduljee Bejanji Kandawala Library received gifts from Minneapolis in 1958 and The Asia Foundation in 1954. In 1956, the Ford Foundation gave the school's Technical Hall its machinery. Centenary functions were held at the school in 1959.
| Name | Year |
| Ruttonji Pestonji Gowalla | 1859–1863 |
| Mr. Dhanjibhai | Dates not available. |
| Mr. Framji | |
| Mr. Jamshedji Framji Master | 1863–1884 |
| Mr. Khursedji Shapurji Soparivala (Hon.) | 1884 |
| Mr. Umiyashanker Khushal | 1884 |
| Mr. Ramji Chapsi (Mochi) | 1884–1887 |
| Mr. Dinshaw Pestonji Ghadially | 1888–1899 |
| Mr. Cowashah Edulji Anklesaria | 1900–1918 |
| Mr. Rustom Jamsedji Dastur | 1918–1920 |
| Dr. Maneck B. Pithawalla | 1920–1946 |
| Mr.J.N.Dave | 1932 (Acting principal during Dr. Pithawalla's study leave) |
| Mr. Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji | 1946–1965 |
| Mr. Behram Minwalla | 1965–1967 |
| Mr. Rustom V. Divecha | 1967–1972 |
| Mrs.Deena M. Mistri | 1972–2004 |
| Mrs. Kermin Parakh | 2005–Present |