The Nigerian Correctional Service has unveiled its first-ever unified training manual and standardised professional course badges for its training institutions nationwide.

In a statement on Wednesday, NCoS said the initiative aimed to promote uniformity, professionalism, and contemporary capacity development across the service’s training architecture.

The controller-general of corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, described the initiative as a landmark achievement that would strengthen professionalism, institutional identity and uniformity in personnel training.

Mr Nwakuche commended the manual review committee and other personnel who contributed to developing the new training manual and course badges. He said the manual replaced the 2019 edition and was reviewed to reflect contemporary correctional practices, emerging security challenges, and professional demands.

According to him, the manual provides a unified framework for training across various cadres, disciplines and specialised areas of the service.

He also said that the framework covered command courses, commissioned officers’ courses, basic recruit and Chief Corrections Assistants courses, as well as specialised and refresher courses.

He added that the manual was developed internally by NCoS personnel, representing a shift from the previous practice of relying substantially on external bodies for training materials.

“The internally developed curriculum is expected to strengthen institutional ownership and preserve professional knowledge within the service,” he said.

Mr Nwakuche, who was decorated with one of the newly unveiled course badges, described the badge as a symbol of professional identity and accomplishment. He urged officers to uphold the discipline, values and professional excellence represented by the badges.

He said the initiative was part of ongoing reforms to strengthen institutional capacity, promote training excellence and build a modern correctional workforce.

(NAN)