Growing up in Australia, many African Australians struggle with the 'dual-identity complex' — but a program in Melbourne's south-east is achieving 'simply outstanding' results. Experts say it could be a blueprint for other communities.
The 11-year-old has just gone up a level in maths, which she credits to the extra work she's been putting in as part of a new program.
"If you're struggling with homework, you can get help and support from people that are here," 13-year-old Mon Kuol explained. Mr Kuol said some young people, particularly from a refugee background, could struggle with a "dual identity complex". "It is very important to involve the mothers or the grandmothers in the tutoring for the young people," she said.
"Since they started this program, I've been understanding the work more and getting better grades," he said.He was among more than a dozen students in an after-school class, being assisted by mentors including Kudzai Dune. The Junior Rhinos was originally going to be designed for primary school students, but staff at Narre Warren South P-12 College"The program is targeted for years 4 to 8, and that's a cohort where we're looking a lot more at our primary prevention, where we're not wanting issues and problems to occur, so we're getting them as young people, and raising their ceilings, as they say," Mr Bekele said.
"You know what they say, hard work beats talent," he said in response to a question about staying back after school. "It is very difficult to put the program together, and when the program is up and running, if you tell the community or the parents and the young people that we are stopping here, it always brings a lot of anxiety."Dr Rob Cunningham from RMIT was part of the team helping to design and evaluate the program. He said some of the results were "simply outstanding".
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