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Introduction. The importance of successful modernization of economy, strengthening its competitive advantages and ensuring the socio-economic security of the state in the face of increasing global competition make increasingly pressing the issues of effective use of the domestic sources of development. In the context of this formulation of the problem, there becomes quite understandable and natural making the human capital research as a priority research area. The experience of developed countries shows that there is a certain historical pattern of human capital`s transformation into a leading factor in the state`s economic life. The costs associated with productive investment into the human being not only increase productivity, but are also reimbursed along with profit in the future. The relevance of issues related to the process of human capital development is due to the fact that in the competitive state, active use of new knowledge is assumed. The leading countries have achieved success in the field of scientific and technological progress due to intensive development of education, science and technology. Methodology and methods of research has a complex integrative character, which is determined by its purpose and objectives. As the research`s starting point was used a set of scientific ideas of economic sciences, sociology, philosophy and pedagogy. The use of these ideas in the pedagogical semantic field and their interpretation required synthesis of the concepts of interdisciplinary scientific approaches in their complementarity: - system-activity as a general methodological principle of complex pedagogical analysis and understanding of relations between subjects, objects and products of educational activity; - competence as actualizing personal, activity and axiological foundations in education. To solve research problems, theoretical methods were used: analysis of philosophical, psychological, pedagogical psychological, sociological literature; historical and methodological analysis (including studying documents, concepts, provisions); comparative analysis of the content of educational programs, modeling, generalization, systematization of domestic and foreign experience in the human capital formation and development. Results of research. Education, the knowledge accumulated by society and the human capital development of the state are interrelated, because both generate income for the investments made in them. Education today is defined not as expenses of productiont, but as an investment into a special form of capital associated with man. Conclusion. Scientific, technical and social progress is increasingly determined by the qualitative characteristics of the state education system, training level of scientific personnel and highly qualified specialists. In turn, the education system development depends on the level of development and quality of the state`s human capital.