The 133-year-old Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution has upgraded its educational curriculum and maintained its Gothic structure
Farrokh Jijina
The Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena is aptly perched atop the Victorian Gothic Revival edifice of The Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution (BJPCI) on Queen’s Road. The stonework building with high lancet arches and buttresses, rose windows and gabled roofs houses the school and junior and senior colleges of the Institution. There is one more visible tribute to education within the structure: A statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning that looks down at the exuberant children from an alcove along the majestic staircase.
"We are blessed to have a palatial building, well ventilated classrooms, with spacious laboratories and a......