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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
RULES 13a-14 AND 15d-14
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION
302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT

I, Robert A. Virtue, certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Virco Mfg.
Corporation;                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
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|3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                   
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|4. |  | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
and have:                                                                            



| | (a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
such controls to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
being prepared; and                               
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| | (b) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and                                                                                                     
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| | (c) |  | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and

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|5. |  | The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
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| | (a) |  | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to affect the registrants ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | (b) |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                     

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|September 15, 2003 |  | By: |  | /s/  Robert A.
Virtue
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|                   |  |     |  | Robert A. Virtue     
|                   |  |     |  | President            

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