Peki College of Education was originally founded and established as Government Training College in the old Christian town of Peki-Avetile on the 12th of February, 1954 with Mr A.F Neal as her first Principal. This explains why the College has retained the acronym GOVCO (short for Government College) till date.

The College was started with thirty (30) men who were admitted to do the 2 Year Certificate ‘A’ Post ‘B’ Programme. The institution remained a single sex (male) College until 1961 when it became co-educational with the admission of the first batch of twenty-five (25) females. GOVCO produced her first crop of teachers in 1956.  The motto of the college is NIHIL SINNE LABORE (SUCCESS COMES BY HARD WORK).

In 1965, the College was moved to its present permanent site, between the beautiful ‘Wheto’ and “Akpato” (mountains).