Introduction: Currently, innovative approaches in education cause significant changes in the training processes that are conducted. One of them corresponds to competency-based learning, which proposes a comprehensive development of the student through the consolidation of skills, attitudes and knowledge that are key in their performance in different spaces of reality. Objectives: Due to the importance of this approach, this article aims to analyze the main challenges and propose effective strategies to promote the development of skills that facilitate the implementation of competency-based learning in the classroom. Methodology: The methodology is based on a qualitative, non-experimental, documentary, and descriptive study based on a bibliographic review in the academic databases Scielo, Dialnet, Redalyc, Google Scholar, Scopus and Elsevier. The instrument used was the Prisma 2020 matrix. Results: The results obtained determine that the skills necessary for the application of competency-based learning correspond to conceptual, procedural, and attitudinal skills. Conclusions: It is concluded that the development of these skills, both in teachers and students, is a priority, because this approach demands a meaningful change in the traditional roles that have been implemented in the classroom. Teachers need to become guides in the training process and students must assume an active, autonomous, and responsible role in their learning process, which demands new teaching, evaluation, and participation processes. General area of study: Educational sciences. Specific area of study: Didactics and teacher training. Type of article: Systematic bibliographic review.