The University of Kerala has established ten centers for Teacher Education to offer the B.Ed. Course under its direct control and supervision with the approval of the University of Kerala as part of its general policy to initiate the steps to rise the Education as well as to accommodate the large number of highly qualified candidates who seek admission to B.Ed. course of other states and within the states and who are often forced to enter Teacher Education Centers in the other states in carrying high financial expenditure and where the qualities of education is not assured. It is the proud privilege of the Syndicate of the University of Kerala to translate the scheme into reality and to present the prestigious centers to the discerning and enlightened public of Kerala as a well-conceived measure which is a significant step into endeavors to maintain and improve standards in higher education in general and professional education in particular.

The KUCTE Anchal is one of the ten prestigious institution established by the University in the Eastern hilly region of Kollam District, Kerala State. The college which was originally started functioning in 1994 at Punalur was shifted to Anchal in 1998 in view of better facilities. Since then it has been functioning in its own campus at Government H.S.S, Anchal west.