All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE),which is an association of Christian colleges in India, firmly believes that it has a special responsibility to be the “brother’s keeper” and to care for the growth and development of Christian schools from pre-primary to the higher secondary. With this conviction AIACHE took the initiative for the formation of a new ecumenical body All India Council for Christian Educational Institutions (AICCEI). It was established on 31st October, 2001 at a conference held in Hyderabad.

The proposal to set up the Council emerged from the All India Survey of Christian Schools and Colleges started by AIACHE in the year 2000 as a jubilee project, It was widely felt by Christian educators of all denominations that there is urgent need for an ecumenical national body to protect and promote the interests of Christian educational institutions at various levels. Accordingly, All India Council for Christian Educational Institutions (AICCEI) was set up. AICCEI seeks to bring together all Christian educational institutions from non-formal centres to deemed universities on a common national platform and to function as the authentic voice of the Christian educational mission. The Council has three categories of membership: