It was founded by Mohammed Burhanuddin II in 1985, with its first two branches in Mumbai, India and Nairobi, Kenya.

[3] It is accredited with the ICSE and IGCSE educational boards and is operated under the purview of the office of the Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras.

[6] Islamic prophet Muhammad made it equally incumbent, upon every Muslim man and woman, to pursue knowledge.

The community has a very high rate of literacy and there is no disparity between the opportunities to learn between boys or girls.

[7] As part of this philosophy, MSB Educational Institute teaches an integrated syllabus of sciences, humanities, languages, and theological subjects with equal numbers of girls and boys.