Kazakova A.F. 1
1 ANO SPO Kamyshin Business College
We have examined the relevance of developing professional competence of a student of economics in a specialized secondary education system. A certain number of contradictions in a system of specialized secondary education were emphasized. The principles of pedagogical assistance for implementation of pedagogical potential of a specialized secondary education system in forming professional competence of a middle economic specialist were considered. Certain methods and techniques were characterized, some basic principles of professional training of economics students in a specialized secondary education system were distinguished, the results of intermediate written tests during a process of developing professional competence were presented, the scientific comprehension of student’s professional competence as a cognitive component of professional qualifications was proved, which is a contribution to the elaboration of scientific bases of professional education for some new applied research into professional qualifications of a student of economics formation problems.