The Future of Education

The society change towards knowledge economy is a natural and logical process. It turns to happen faster in countries with a better overall understanding of the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) for social and economic development. There is an existing need for serious reform in the way education is provided nowadays and in this article we will examine how the state can intervene effectively in this process. Our analysis is based on the Strategy for effective implementation of information and communication technologies in education and science in the Republic of Bulgaria (2014-2020) and the possible impact of some of its measures on the quality of education and the creativity and personal development of teachers. Nevertheless the education is a global market and follows general market trends a suitable government intervention could truly facilitate the educational transformation making not only faster but long term sustainable effort towards information society and economy of knowledge.

The material describes not only the new role of the teacher in the transformed educational reality but also the methods to make this role consistent and effective for changing the educational outcomes in more practically oriented and life changing manner. The education of the 21^st century should be more centered on the student and his/her interests rather than the knowledge at general and development of personals skills should be more dependent on the characteristics of the individual and not on the perception of the students as being part of a group.

There is a serious need to utilize the potential of information technology for efficient analysis of the individual skills and making e-learning one of the pillars of the modern education is a must. Some of the key elements in the educational transformation are implementing cloud technologies, m-learning and universal access to information and the analyzed Strategy is an exemplary model for an EU Member state intervention effort and utilization of public funding for development purposes.