EXHIBIT 32.1

      CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
             PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert A. Virtue, President of Virco Mfg. Corporation (the "Company"),
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.    the Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
April 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


Dated: June 4, 2004          /s/  Robert A. Virtue
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                             Robert A. Virtue
                             President of Virco Mfg. Corporation

I, Robert E. Dose, Vice President of Finance of Virco Mfg. Corporation (the
"Company"), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.    the Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending
April 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: June 4, 2004          /s/  Robert E. Dose
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                             Robert E. Dose
                             Vice President of Finance of Virco Mfg. Corporation

This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.