Pfutsero Government College is one of the acclaimed Co-Educational Institutes of Higher Education in the state offering undergraduate course in Arts established in 1982 under the initiative of few visionary leaders of the area. The College started with the Pre-University level and was initially affiliated to North Eastern Hill University. With the establishment of Nagaland University in 1994, the College was accorded temporary affiliation. The College was then officially ungraded to Degree level by Nagaland University in 2000 with BA pass course. From 2004, Honours course in History, English and Tenyidie was offered and the College was accorded degree examination centre in 2007. Honours courses in Economics, Political Science and Education was officially approved by the university in 2014 and in 2016 honours and pass course in Sociology was started as approved by the NU. The College celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2007 and subsequently taken over by the Government of Nagaland in 2009. In addition to the course prescribe by NU; the College has started Add-On and Vocational Educational Training courses namely Basic Computer Course and Floriculture in 2013 and 2016 respectively. Over its years of existence, the College has continued making efforts to fulfill the visions and missions of the pioneers of the College.