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The article reveals the essence of the key concepts of «competence», «competency». Based on the definitions of «competence», «competency», the authors, on the basis of the analysis of the existing Master's Degree program written in terms of competencies, concludes that the program only contains a list of things that the graduates have to do after having successfully mastered the program. There are a number of inaccuracies in the exiting Master's Degree program: there is no definition of the key concept of competence, which significantly reduces the scientific presentation of the state standards. In addition, the wordings in terms of competences are heavy and uncomfortable to read, so it is best to use the terms of competencies. The main purpose of the article is: 1) to clarify the concepts of «competence» and «competency»; 2) to write new state standards for the Master's Degree program of the pedagogical direction in terms of competencies. In the article there are presented comments, observations and counterexamples.