On the thorny path of education in the age of knowledge

In January 2016, the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) announced the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Analysis of the upcoming reforms, their scale, and consequences allowed experts to conclude that large-scale revolutionary changes are coming in the economy, social life, employment, and education. Employers have determined that the most valuable skills for employment in the context of the development of the information civilization will be creativity, critical thinking, and a comprehensive approach to understanding and solving problems. It is impossible to develop these skills without reforming the education system. Education must become increasingly mobile, personalized, focused on creativity and innovation rather than the transfer of ready-made knowledge, lifelong, diverse, variable, developmental, humanistic, free from dictates, and creating free, active, moral personalities. The author reflects on the achievements, problems, and difficulties on the thorny path of education, which should lead the peoples of European countries and Ukraine into the age of knowledge.