Abstract
The article discusses the current trends in the development of higher education in the specialty«Ecology». At present, society acquires an information status, for which information and knowledgebecome key. In accordance with this, the paradigm of education also changes. Modernization ofthe education and science system in Kazakhstan implies accessibility to each quality education, theopportunity to acquire new professional skills in college and university, and develop research andcreative competences. For higher eecological education, the most relevant is the formation of astudent’s culture of making environmentally appropriate practical solutions, experience of personalparticipation in solving environmental problems in order to improve the quality of the environment.At the same time, ecological competence as a developing personal property can and shouldbecome an indicator of the level of formation of egocentric ecological consciousness. The articlepresents practical experience in creating the educational program «Ecology» in English in the specialty5B060800 – «Ecology».