Government Arts and Science college, Kovilpatti was established in the year 2013.The announcement to start a Government Arts and Science college to uplift the lives of the downtrodden people of Tuticorin district was made by the Honorable Chief minister of Tamilnadu Dr.J.Jeyalalitha, based on the discussion on higher education in the assembly. The dynamic involvement and persistent effort by Mr.Kadambur Raju..S. MLA of Kovilpatti constituency, made the first Government college in Tuticorin district to be set up at Krishnanagar in Kovilpatti. The college commenced with 5 under graduate courses namely B.A Tamil, B.A English literature, B.Sc Mathematics, B.Sc Computer Science and B.Com under the affliation of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.

     The college has been functioning effectively with the adoption of co-education system since 2013. The college functioned in a rented building in the beginning and moved to its own permanent building since 16.06.2016 which was inaugurated by the Honorable Chief minister of Tamilnadu Dr.J.Jeyalalitha, on 14.02.2016. At present the college offers 7 UG Courses and 5 PG Courses with the addition of B.A History, B.Sc Geology, M.A Tamil, M.A English literature, M.Sc Mathematics, M.Sc Computer Science and M.Com. Sixteen of the 44 faculty are doctorates and many are NET qualified. The student strength increased from 255 in the beginning to1290. Currently a new block is under construction.