Established in 1945 as Government Training College and inaugurated on 4th July by Sir George Boag, the then Dewan of Cochin, it remained as an eminent teacher training institute to churn out teachers of excellence. It was at first affiliated to the University of Madras and was later wound up as a measure of retrenchment with the integration of Travancore and Cochin in 1949.
The college was restarted in 1951 by affiliating it to Travancore University. In 1968 the college was affiliated to the University of Calicut. It was elevated to the status of Institute of Advanced Study in Education in 1993 with a view to conduct advanced courses in education, research programmes and to organize In-service training for the secondary and higher secondary school teachers.

As a co-education institution, IASE offers Two-Year M.Ed. course and Two-Year BEd course with an intake of 50 students each. The B.Ed course is offered in eight subjects :English, Hindi, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Mathematics, Natural science, Physical science and Social Science.

The college celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2006. The Institute has a good percentage of success in the University Examinations every year. There are efficient teacher educators to handle the different subjects.
The academic year starts from June with the summer vacation in April-May in between the two year long course.