[1] Pronounced "Co-win", the school was founded on 16 January 1962 to provide education in the fifth company village, located near Princes Town and Moruga, Trinidad.
The need for education beyond the primary level led a group of seven visionaries to establish a secondary school.
The group comprised members of the Baptist faith; F. W. Webb, K. Charles, T. Ayers, and pastors Chapman, Parkes, Bell, and Payne.
The dream came to reality on 16 January 1962 when Trinidad and Tobago's only Baptist secondary school was born.
George Cowen was a British missionary and educator who established missions in Princes' Town.