Аннотация
For modern society, it is important to acquire new knowledge, learn new technologies, and manage social and scientific processes. This information and scientific education have become factors that determine the overall strategic potential of society. today, it is necessary to pay great attention to the formation of information competence of students. This article discusses the process of formation of information competence of students in teaching computer science. Various studies were analyzed that characterize the modeling of the process of forming students ' information competence. Based on the analysis of the relevant literature, the article determined the level and criteria for the formation of information competence of students. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the formation of information competence of students is provided by organizational and pedagogical conditions, including a special role played by the purposeful design and availability of modern computer infrastructure in the school; targeted use of information and communication technologies in the educational process; timely and high-quality diagnostics of information competence of students.