The purpose of education is to train the educated to become the general requirement of a certain social need. The purpose of education is determined according to the requirements of political, economic, production, cultural and scientific development of a certain society and the physical and mental development of the educated.

It reflects the requirements of a certain society for the educated, is the starting point and ultimate goal of educational work, and is also the basis for determining educational content, selecting educational methods, and checking and evaluating educational effects.

The function of educational purpose:

1, directional action

The purpose of education stipulates the fundamental direction of school education and student development, the fundamental guiding ideology of running a school, the general direction of student development, the starting point and destination of school education, and restricts the whole process. Schools can only run schools according to educational purposes, otherwise they will deviate from the correct direction of running schools.

2, the regulatory role

The purpose of education stipulates the basic quality specifications of school education and personnel training, and plays a role in selecting, coordinating, adjusting and controlling the contents and activities of school education.

3. Evaluation function

There are many standards to measure the quality of running a school and the quality of students' development, but the fundamental standard is the purpose of education. Generally speaking, the quality of school education that follows and realizes the school education goals is high. On the other hand, if it deviates from the educational purpose, its educational quality can not be high.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Educational Purpose