Education With a Focus on the Personality: The Competency Approach in Primary School Education

PURPOSE: Modern school education increasingly emphasizes the holistic development of the learner's personality, along with academic achievements. The competency approach is a pedagogical framework that integrates knowledge, skills and values, allowing learners to apply the results of learning in real-life contexts. This training aims to provide a modern educational environment that guarantees a unified approach to the implementation of key competencies in the field of education. The article explores the theoretical foundations and practical application of personality-oriented education through the competency-based approach at the school level. Modern education seeks not only to inform, but also to form individuals who are able to adapt, think critically and act effectively in different life situations. It is here that the competency-based approach appears -an innovative pedagogical paradigm that focuses on the development of the learner's personal potential.METHODS:Particular attention is paid to teaching methods, assessment practices and the evolving role of teachers in promoting key competencies and personal development among students. In pedagogical practice, priority is given to methods that develop autonomy, critical thinking skills and social activity. Teaching methods can be defined as ways of joint activity of the teacher and students, through which pedagogically adapted social experience is mastered.RESULTS: The student's personal potential is a set of internal resources that include cognitive abilities, emotional intelligence, motivation, value system, attitudes and social skills. This is the foundation on which the student's ability to develop, adapt and successfully realize himself in various life and professional situations is built. The project-based model does not simply engage the student in productive activity, but places him inan authentic social situation in which he must mobilize knowledge and skills in order to achieve a specific result. The topic of the student's personality is key in the context of the competency approach, because it is through it that individual abilities, motivation and value orientation are developed.CONCLUSION:Education with a focus on personality, implemented through the competency approach, is a sustainable and future-oriented model for school education. It combines academic training with personal development, social responsibility and applicability in real life. In conclusion, the opportunities facing the education system in implementing the competency model are outlined.