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. Accordingly, the college was upgraded with the status of CTE. Consequently, the nomenclature was changed from “Teachers’ Training College, Tezpur” to “College of Teacher Education, Tezpur”.