History of Federal College of Education(Special) Oyo.

The need for adequate teacher training programme for potential teachers for special education was articulated since 1974 by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the Third National Plan and in her National Policy on Education 1977 and 1981. The National Policy on Education again emphasized the provision of educational opportunities for all Nigerian citizens without any form of discrimination. Of all the 21 Federal Colleges of Education and the rest 45 State and Private Colleges of Education in the country, FCE(S) Oyo is the only one established to train teachers and other para-professionals in special education for the disabled and the gifted, and other persons with different learning difficulties.

The College which took off as the Federal Advanced Teachers College of Special Education on 5th October, 1977 later became the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo. This was the culmination of years of planning, dating back to October 1974, when the then Head of State declared the Government’s intention to establish a National Special Education Teachers’ College.