The Government of India has taken up an ambitious program of starting 500 Community Colleges through out the country in the Eleventh Five Year Plan, and for this purpose designated IGNOU as the nodal agency. The Community Colleges are an alternative system of education and skill development for the poor and disadvantaged youth. The vision of the Community College is to be of the Community, for the Community and by the Community for producing responsible citizens. The Community Colleges promotes job oriented, work related, employability skills training along with life skills. It is expected that through the community college, many more young people from economically and educationally disadvantaged communities would be able to access and benefit from the program.

Among the many hundreds of organizations that applied to IGNOU for allotment of setting up Community Colleges post July 2009, CAP Foundation has been granted permission to set up a community college.

The CAP Community College through its 10 regional centres plans to train around 35000 youth from its 95 employability training centres across 10 states in India. CAP Community College will offer post-secondary programs leading to Associate Degrees in Arts, Science and Commerce, in addition to short –term diploma and certificate programs in various courses in the new economy sectors.

"CAP Community College” was inaugurated on July 31, 2009 by Dr. Latha Pillai, Pro Vice Chancellor of IGNOU, New Delhi.