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The relevance of the study is determined by the needs of current science and practice in understanding the contemporary generation of children. Nowadays, they state that after Generation Z, which was considered to be contemporary, since about 2010, there have been born children of a new generation, somewhat diff erent from Generation Z in terms of life-sustaining activity and general characteristics. The article develops a discussion on the problem of Generation Alpha in order to address the issue of its education.

The article presents the results of the theoretical analysis of the conditions of soft skills development connected with the overcoming of the contradictions of the traditional system of education, which involves individual character of learning and dominance of frontal teaching, which impede the development of communicative competences. Top requested soft skills contributing to the professional success of the university graduate are reported. Amongst the most needed social competences there are such skills as communication, collaboration and creative thinking.