In a narrow sense, education refers to a purposeful, planned and organized educational process conducted exclusively through educational institutions.

Purposeful, planned and organized

That is, educators exert purposeful, planned and organized influence on the educated according to certain social needs and possibilities, according to the laws of the physical and mental development of the educated, and with the active participation of the educated.

social practice

It is a social practice to make it a person needed by a certain society.