EDC came into being as the result of the expansion of the Educational Project Office formed on 6th October 1979.

Initially the work of EDC included the whole spectrum of educational development work:

During the past couple of decades some of the work areas grew large enough to justify their existence as separate and independent institutions and were taken off from the mandate of EDC. Similarly new areas of work are seen emerging and flourishing on the contemporary platform of EDC.

This year, 2009, has brought new changes to the structural organisation of EDC. There are new sections included in the EDC sector.