new delhi over 4000 community health workers in bihar would be trained in human rights by the national institute of open schooling under the ministry of human resource development and amnesty international indiathe threemonth selflearning human rights certificate course aims to promote human rights values and principles of equality dignity inclusion nondiscrimination and participation in the public through community health workers this was announced by nios on fridayrajesh kumar director academics at nios said it is important to empower people with correct knowledge of laws and provisions it is important to build a culture of respect dignity and civic responsibility and this course provides an opportunity for learners to empower themselves and others around them ensuring smooth redressal as well as prevention of human rights abusesthe course is designed for community workers working in the fields of health and education including accredited social health activists or ashas anganwadi workers mamta government health workers and private health workers in rural and urban bihar the course aims to help participants learn about various human rights issues and violations by introducing a comprehensive course about human rights in simple language we hope to provide participants with information on human rights and relevant provisions in the constitution of india laws and state policies with a special focus on women and children said somya dimri programme coordinator at amnesty international indias human rights education programmethis course is provided free of cost to participants from all 38 districts in bihar at least 40 of the participants are women twenty five master trainers will conduct personal sessions with over 4000 learners that will help learners to clarify any doubts about the course content and the programme