Competence

Competence among school-aged children is defined by a sense of opportunity and achievement in those things at which they strive to do well, most notably school and the feeling of opportunity this creates.

A noticeable proportion of children self report that they do not intend to graduate. In Grade 7 close to 20% of boys compared to 10% of girls are more likely to consider dropping out.

The study points towards a decreasing sense of school accomplishment by children in their middle years. The downward trend in perceived achievement is particularly true for boys where the percentage who say they get good grades drops from 39% to 23% from Grade 4 to Grade 7. Girls also decline from 40% to 34%.

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