Purpose of the article is to identify specific features of digital education, to reveal its content and to find out main new digital trades. Methods of the article: generalization – in studying the nature of digital education, the prerequisites for the reform of the principles of digital technologies. Results. In scientific publications substantiates the essence of digitization of education, as such, based on the use of digital computer technologies in the educational process. Successful outcome of digital education is the expected successful functioning of the economy within the “digital triangle”: digital citizenship, digital creativity and digital entrepreneurship. Main resource of digital education is information. Conclusions. The article focuses on the description of digital competences that a specialist must possess. Comprehensive review of a number of tasks that are posed to the authorities at all levels of economic aggregation and urgently needed to accelerate the digitization of education