From the point of view of the modern competence approach in modern education, civil competence is
one of the most important learning outcomes. Therefore, the article is devoted to an urgent problem that
meets the needs of today. Today, in the conditions of changing life, not only flexibility of adaptation is
required, but also the need for continuous professional development, including the formation of civil
competence of future teachers. The authors analyzed the ways and methods of formation of civil
competence of students in secondary schools. Taking into account that the future teacher is tomorrow's
young specialist who needs to be deeply involved in the educational process of the school, effective, advanced methods of forming students ' civic competence are analyzed. Based on the coverage of research
papers on the research topic, the author's conclusion is given.