THE NEED TO DEVELOP SOFT SKILLS AND CHILDREN`S READINESS FOR ENTERPRENEURSHIP
Authors: Todorova Mariana 
Published: August 2019

In response to the challenges posed today, the economy and the dynamic changes in different areas of life, modern education needs to be based on "unlocking" the individual learning resources, on the formation of creative and constructive thinking that are the basis of the innovation process.Today's labor market is characterized by dynamism, instability, competition and development, and through education, adolescents must acquire skills such as competence, flexibility, adaptability, entrepreneurship, independence to be able to meet the ever-increasing demands of employers and professions in future. This explains the massive penetration of learning content at all levels, knowledge of business, economics, and informatics, which are a mandatory element of their overall preparation. The outlined high requirements imply maximum expansion of educational services, system flexibility, expanding creative activities. Entrepreneurship and initiative are defined by the European Union as one of the eight key competences. However, there is a close link between uncertainty and initiative, attitudes to accepting or rejecting innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. Societies that have encoded such a stressfulness are, in general, less innovative and motivated and less open. Looking for predictability, clarity in events and situations. That is why the support of the trainees in this direction is more important than ever. Entrepreneurial skills and competencies can only be gained through practical and life experiences. In this respect, the educational tasks relate to: analysis of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and activities of adolescents; to identify the reasons preventing the formation of entrepreneurial competences and skills in pedagogical interaction; incorporating entrepreneurial activities and practices into kindergarten and elementary school; creating new models and prototypes for use in learning, research, creative, information and innovation practices with learners; analysis of the impact of such models on the development of children and the process of their socialization; participation in the formation of a modern, research and creative community based on digital technologies and the digital society. Changes in entrepreneurship education programs at all institutional levels are being made. The positions of Junior Achievement are a fact. The new vision that the Ministry of Education and Science imposes by law, the introduction of the subject, "Technology and Entrepreneurship", is a good start in the training in this direction, which gives its first results. The ultimate goal is to develop humanitarian and conceptual skills, positive values in each child, and to form an entrepreneurial culture that can be incorporated as part of the overall culture of the individual. To address such challenges, the scientific potential of society has to continually seek new knowledge, approaches and solutions to find out how to effectively and positively change and renew effectively the educational system with achievements in modern society.