The fundamental direction of educational development put forward by the educational policy is basically consistent with the requirements of educational purposes, both of which contain the provision of "training people for whom", and people often realize educational purposes through the implementation of the educational policy.

Difference:

The purpose of education is mainly composed of two parts, one is to stipulate the training specifications and quality of people's physical and mental qualities, and the other is to stipulate the social value of people to be cultivated by education, that is, the question of who education should cultivate for society.

The educational policy is the general direction of educational work stipulated by the state according to the political and economic requirements in order to achieve educational goals.

Educational purpose and educational policy are two important concepts in the field of education. The purpose of education is the general requirement of the state for education and training people, which stipulates the quality and specifications of talents and is the quality specification of people to be trained in school education; Education policy is the basic policy and guiding ideology of national education work, and it is the general direction of education work to achieve educational goals.