The Govt. College of Teacher Education (CTE), Tezpur, is va premier teacher education institution located in the Sonitpur district of Assam. The college was established in the year 1977 as a result of sincere efforts of some dedicated and noted educationists of Tezpur. It was affiliated to Gauhati university in the same year, i.e. 1977. The college was taken over by the Govt. of Assam in the year 1996 and recognized by NCTE in 2001. The college is located in Mazgaon, near Nikamul Xatra, Tezpur. It is about 185 kms by road from Guwahati via Nagaon, and about 161 kms via Mangaldoi.
The Govt. College of Teacher Education, Tezpur, is located at Tezpur. Tezpur is located on the north bank of the mighty Brahmaputra. It is regarded as the cultural hub of Assam. The college is one of the premier institutions of Assam. It was established on the 6th of September 1977, in the premises of Tezpur Academy. Subsequently, in December 1984, it was shifted to its present site near Nikamul Satra, Mazgaon.
After twenty years of running the college under the duly constituted Governing Body, it was finally taken over by the Government of Assam on the 27th. of February, 1998.
