Pedagogas suteikdamas mokiniams ekonomines žinias vaidina svarbų vaidmenį. Jis turi tinkamai organizuoti ugdymo procesą, vadovaudamasis turimomis kompetencijomis. Taip pat ugdymo proceso organizavimas priklauso nuo mokytojo profesinio pasirengimo bei kvalifikacijos. Mokytojų profesinės kompetencijos išlieka svarbiausios, norint tinkamai pasirengti ekonomikos pamokai. Mokytojai nuolat plėtoja ir tobulina savo profesines kompetencijas. Švietimo ir mokslo ministerija buvo atlikusi tyrimą apie pedagogų pasirengimą mokyti ekonomikos. Bet nebuvo ištirta, kokia pedagogų nuomonė apie savo profesines kompetencijas organizuoti ekonomikos pamokas ir apie savo pasirengimą mokyti ekonomikos. / The topic of this Bachelor‘s Thesis is “TEACHERS’ OPINION ABOUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES TO TEACH ECONOMICS LESSONS IN 9th–10th CLASSES”. The role of an educator providing economic knowledge to pupils is very important. He or she has to organize education process appropriately, relying on his or her competences. Moreover, the organization of education process depends on teacher‘s professional training and qualification. Teachers’ professional competences remain the most significant element in planning economics lessons. Teachers constantly develop and improve their professional competences. The Ministry of Education and Science conducted a research on educators’ preparation to teach economics. However, the research has not established what was educators’ opinion about their professional competences to organize economics lessons and their preparation to teach economics.