TWO indigenous students from an isolated area in the Northern Territory are about to become the first girls from their community to ever graduate high school.
Christella Namundja and Kirsty Garnarradj from Gunbalanya in Arnhem Land, 300 km east of Darwin, are part of 60 Aboriginal girls who completed year 12 this year with the Role Models and Leaders Australia (RMLA) Academy.
RMLA is a mentoring program aimed at increasing the school retention rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female students.
RMLA founder and chief executive officer Ricky Grace said the program was intense and often involved leaders getting students out of bed in the morning.
"It's common for our leaders to go to the girls' homes and get them out of bed and wait for them to get ready so they can take them to school, or convince family members of the importance of an education," he said.
"That's how intense and focused this program is."
RMLA, which focuses on one-on-one mentoring, has 12 academies across NSW, Western Australia and the Northern territory.
Over the past three years the number of girls enrolled has increased from 34 year 12 students in 2010 to 60 in 2013.
More than 850 girls are enrolled in RMLA academies.
"This is such an incredible achievement as these girls have overcome challenges that you and I couldn't even imagine," Mr Grace, who competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympics for basketball, said.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda and RMLA graduates will address the media on Tuesday in Sydney.
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