On the basis of the informatics-cybernetic approach proposed by the author, the main historical stages of systemic global evolution are presented, including the formation of increasingly complex social-economic formations (SEF) from the primitive communal system to modern digital ones, and marked by basic information technologies. It is noted that from the standpoint of this approach, the main problem in the development of educational structures is the need to modify all previously historically emerged such structures in order to harmonize them with each other and ensure compliance with the newly emerging requirements of the new SEF.