Formation of Digital Competences in the Training of Geography Ieachers – Basic Provisions, Opportunities, Limitations

What digital competences are required by secondary school geography education and what is the higher education response in the context of the preparation of future geography teachers? A number of arguments can be put forward, justifying the relevance of such questions at the current stage. With this in mind, the article presents a scientific justification of the role and place of digital competences in the preparation of future geography teachers in secondary schools in Bulgaria. The study is based on the main provisions of the modern education policy in the country, respectively - on the place that it determines for the formation of digital competences in the education of geography, laid down in the curricula of the subject for general education and profiled preparation. The “answer” of the higher school, on the example of SU "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Geology and Geography, is substantiated as a result of a series of conducted studies: analysis of study documentation, surveys with teachers and students, in-depth interviews with teachers, observations of lectures and seminars.