Digitalization and informatization of the modern world have significantly affected, among other things, the accessibility and volume of information received, its diversity and, at the same time, its contradiction. The change in the pace of life associated with these processes, inevitably affects the main cognitive functions of a person: attention, thinking, memory. It seems it is impossible to modernize the modern educational system in order to meet the new challenges, without taking into account the processes occurring both in the public sphere, and at the personal level. It is now recognized that competency-based approach allows building a productive system that meets new demands at the functional level.