26 ... ... ... ... .. T E N Y E A R S O F T H E C O M M I S S I O N I N R E T RO S P E C T 8) Human Rights Education and the "Multiplier Effect" of Core Groups 2.34 All of the work of the Commission since its earliest days has, in a sense, aimed at creating a "culture of human rights" in the country. In the course of the past decade, however, the Commission has specifically taken a number of steps to further human rights education. These steps have, inter alia, included: ● Working with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to prepare materials for education at all levels of schooling; ● Working with the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the development of courses at the university level; ● Endowing a chair for Human Rights at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore; ● Encouraging courses on human rights in the training institutes for public servants, the police, para-military forces and army; ● Producing a handbook for judicial officers; ● Interacting with diverse groups, ranging from medical practitioners to Rotarians and the leadership of political parties, urging them to keep human rights issues on their respective agenda. ● Encouraging and supporting the efforts of non-governmental organizations, as their role is of central importance to the better protection of human rights in the country. 2.35 Critical to the out-reach of the Commission has been the extraordinary manner in which persons of the highest talent and repute have unhesitatingly rallied to the cause of human rights, readily participating in the "Core Groups" established by the Commission for issues relating to health, disabilities, cooperation and coordination with non-governmental organizations, and for legal advice. Together with the Special Rapporteurs and Special Representatives appointed by the Commission, they have provided a "multiplier effect" to the efforts of the Commission, giving to it a vast infusion of high ability and public support. N AT I O N A L H U M A N R I G H T S C O M M I S S I O N