Introduction: In the paper, the author maps the ways leading to human freedom. He sets out the criteria that should be taken into account in their selection. He also delineates the space where education could productively enter into the human emancipation process. Purpose: The aim of the paper is to thematize competences that need to be developed in order to enable the adepts of education to participate in human emancipatory process. Methods: The author uses explanatory method to expose the issue. Conclusions: The paper summarizes the assumptions and limits that need to be respected in order to make education a space for the cultivation of human sense for freedom.