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Box 3.3.2(continued)through assistance from the Australian Government, parents, the school and otherdonors. Six boys have already completed their higher school certificate and in 2005one of the boys in year 10 improved his academic ranking from 51 st to sixth and toppedthe class in English.Both programs demonstrate that Indigenous youth have the capacity to excel andachieve when they have access to an extensive curriculum, quality facilities andspecialist staff.Clontarf Foundation, WAIn WA, the Clontarf Foundation engages and supports young Indigenous men tocomplete year 12 and then provides assistance to find employment. The Foundationestablishes Football Academies in partnership with mainstream schools. In order toremain at the Football Academy, participants must consistently endeavour to attendschool regularly, apply themselves to the study of appropriate courses and embracethe Academy’s requirements for behaviour and self discipline. The first FootballAcademy was established in 2000 with 25 students, in 2006 there were six FootballAcademies and 424 students enrolled.The Foundation’s approach has been very successful, in 2005:• attendance rates were better than 80 per cent• year on year retention rates were over 90 per cent• 75 per cent of school graduates found full time work (Clontarf Foundation 2006).Remote secondary schooling in the NTThe 2005 Report included a case study on increasing access to secondary educationfor students in remote and very remote communities in the NT. High schoolaccreditation was given to schools in the communities of Maningrida, Kalkaringi,Minyerri, Yirrkala and Elcho Island.In 2003, three students at Kalkaringi completed year 12 in their home community. In2004, there were five students at Kalkaringi studying years 11 and 12 and thisincreased to 24 students in 2005.Maningrida began delivering secondary education in 2003, with four studentscompleting the Northern Territory Certificate of Education (NTCE) in 2004. In 2006, 11students from Maningrida completed the NTCE.Across the NT, the number of Indigenous students completing the NTCE increasedfrom 106 in 2005 to 130 in 2006. Of these, 30 Indigenous students completed theNTCE in remote communities.In addition, where on-site secondary education is unavailable, the Northern TerritoryOpen Education Centre (NTOEC) is working closely with small remote schools tosupport students undertaking secondary subjects. In 2006, 6 NTOEC students fromremote communities achieved a NTCE.22 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007