In the article the conditions of the organization of educational competencies diagnostics of primary school pupils are considered. We differentiate and define the key concepts of the competence-based approach in education such as an educational competence and an educational competency. Moreover we disclose a practice-oriented nature of diagnostic tasks developed by the author, by means of which individual diagnostic studies of younger pupils can be carried out.

Keywords: educational competence, educational competency, diagnostic task, individual diagnostic studies, key competences, interdisciplinary competences, disciplinary competences, primary school children.

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