When will SPED DE admission begin? It has not been announced yet—only the 2026/2027 5-Year Dual Mode Degree screening (13 July–23 September 2026) is currently open.
Highlights
- Admission form status: Not yet on sale.
- Current official update: The Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo has only announced the admission screening exercise for its 5-Year Dual Mode Degree Programme.
- Screening registration starts: Monday, 13 July 2026.
- Screening date: Thursday, 24 September 2026.
- Application deadline: Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
If you have been searching for “When will SPED DE admission begin?”, there is no official announcement yet on the commencement of the 2026/2027 Direct Entry (DE) admission into the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo (SPED Oyo).
As of today, the College has not released the Direct Entry admission form or registration schedule. Applicants should be careful of any website or social media post claiming that the DE admission portal is already open, the same caution we’ve given candidates confusing unofficial adverts with genuine UNIPORT Post UTME form sales earlier this year.
What Has SPED Oyo Announced?
The latest official update from the College is for the 2026/2027 5-Year Dual Mode Degree Programme admission screening.
According to the notice, online registration for the screening begins on Monday, 13 July 2026, while the screening exercise is scheduled for Thursday, 24 September 2026.
The application portal will close on Wednesday, 23 September 2026. This timeline places SPED Oyo’s screening well after schools like UNIBEN, whose Post-UTME exercise is holding in late July, and even after ATBU’s ongoing screening sales, showing how admission calendars vary widely across Nigerian institutions.
The notice also states that eligible candidates include UTME candidates who selected the College as their first choice, those willing to change to the College, and even applicants who did not sit for the 2026 UTME but meet the admission requirements for the programme.
This first-choice condition mirrors what we outlined for UNIABUJA’s Post-UTME/DE screening, where candidates who did not select the institution first must first process a JAMB change of institution.
Has the Direct Entry Form Been Released?
No.
There is currently no official date for the commencement of SPED Oyo Direct Entry admission for the 2026/2027 academic session. Until the College publishes a separate announcement, interested DE applicants will have to wait.
This waiting period is not unusual; even at institutions like the University of Ibadan, Direct Entry timelines are frequently announced separately from the main UTME screening exercise, and DE aggregates are calculated differently once departmental cut-off marks are eventually published, as explained in our breakdown of the UI cut-off mark for all courses.
Candidates who applied to other institutions as a backup should also keep an eye on portals that are already active, such as the FUTA admission portal and the OOU Post UTME portal, both of which are currently processing UTME and Direct Entry applications for 2026/2027.
What Should Direct Entry Applicants Do?
While waiting for the official announcement, prospective Direct Entry candidates should:
- Ensure their academic qualifications are complete.
- Keep their JAMB Direct Entry registration details ready.
- Regularly check for updates from the College.
- Ignore unofficial admission advertisements requesting payment before the College announces the exercise.
It also helps to understand how DE aggregates typically work elsewhere while you wait. For instance, our guide to the UNILAG JAMB cut-off marks for all courses explains how universities weigh O’Level, A’Level or ND/NCE qualifications for Direct Entry candidates, a useful reference for SPED Oyo applicants preparing their documents. Candidates interested in nursing-related programmes can also review the Nursing Schools in Nigeria admission requirements for comparable subject and credit requirements.
If you selected SPED Oyo as a second or third choice and are reconsidering your options, it may help to compare cut-off marks and requirements at other institutions currently running screening, including FUNAAB, UNIABUJA, and OOU, all of which accept both UTME and Direct Entry applicants for the 2026/2027 session.
Applicants who already completed screening elsewhere and are waiting on results can also check how admission lists are typically released, using our recent update on the UNILESA 2026 admission list as a guide to what to expect once SPED Oyo eventually publishes its own list.
Candidates outside Oyo State weighing similar Colleges of Education screening timelines may find the KASU Post-UTME screening guide useful for understanding how state and federal institutions structure their registration windows.
Once the Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo officially announces the commencement of the 2026/2027 Direct Entry admission, we will update this page immediately with the application requirements, eligibility, deadline, and step-by-step application process.
SPED website: https://fcesoyo.edu.ng/