Government Degree College For Women, Banihal was established in 1979 as a full fledged Arts College for Women. Its affiliated to University of Jammu.

Being a part of the Government policy towards Human Resource

Development and Women Empowerment, it was in March 1979 that the Government Degree College for Women came into existence as a full fledged Arts College for Women.

Since its inception, the College has grown in strength and standard and is marching ahead in pursuit of excellence offering now various other streams apart from Arts stream. In April 1984, the College took the lead in South Kashmir in introducing Science Stream for girl students.

It was in March 1997, that the College was allowed to have Sericulture as one of the vocational subjects and it was followed by the introduction of Home Science in the year March 1999 as full-fledged stream and Computer Science Application (B.C.A) in 2005.

As a result of an initiative, the college now is about to introduce yet one more subject in the form of Tourism and Travel Management Shortly, the College shall be having its own Web site and on-line facility will be kept available for the students.

The college has proved to be an apex institution of Higher Education for female students in Districts Anantnag and its adjoining areas from the adjacent Districts with primary objective to provide opportunities to the female students in a very much conducive atmosphere and in keeping with the recognized standards of academic excellence. The College is committed to provide an intellectually stimulating environment for productive learning with an aim to enhance the educational, economical and cultural horizons of the girl students in seeking education at an under-Graduate level.

In the year 2004, the College has been Accredited with B++ Grade by the National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC), Bangalore, an autonomous body set by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi.

Getting B++ Grade means a score of 85-90 marks on the rating scale of 100 points. This has been possible with the hard work, dedication and active cooperation of every one in the College.

The College is going to be re-accredited by the NAAC Peer Team in between June-July this year i.e. 2010 and do expect much more improved grade over B++ Grade.