FCE Panshin was in 1974 as a Federal Advanced Teachers College (FATC) at a temporary site in Mararaba Pushit, some 17 kilometres to Pankshin town. FCEP is a federal institution in Nigeria with the mandate to Produce Higher Quality NCE and Graduate Teachers of International Standard and to be a Centre of Excellence in Research in Education.
FCEP offers degree programs that prepare students for successful careers in education and teaching. FCEP also offers NCE programs which are designed to prepare students for a career in education and classroom management.
Its academic programmes are regulated and supervised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), a Federal Government owned parastatal.