The concept of lifelong education, from the perspective of individuals and society, has included the whole education process. "Lifelong education has become a tool and expression method, which is used when all forms, all ways and all stages of teaching actions constitute a circular relationship." The function of education is no longer "limited to training future social leaders according to a predetermined organizational plan, needs and opinions, or trying to train young people of a certain specification once and for all", but should be oriented to the whole society; The time of education is no longer limited to "a certain age", but towards "personal lifelong development", and lifelong education has become the mainstream concept of contemporary education theory and practice.

The school education system, that is, the academic system, refers to all kinds of school systems at all levels in a country, which specifically stipulates the nature, tasks, admission conditions, study years and the coordinated relationship between them.

Under the lifelong education system, the traditional school education system is facing great challenges.

Lifelong education has changed the concept of traditional education. The object of education is no longer just children and teenagers, but all members of society; Lifelong education is not limited to school education, and the diversification of social education structure and the coherence of education system have become the main aspects of reform; Students' subjectivity and initiative have been paid more and more attention, and the role of teachers has also changed. As a concept of self-education, lifelong education is a liberation of traditional domestication education.

Lifelong education has changed the purpose and function of education. The purpose of traditional education is to let students master professional knowledge in various fields, while the purpose of lifelong education is to develop students' learning ability and survival ability and promote self-development; The function of traditional education is elite education, which pays attention to the screening function of education, while in the context of lifelong education, it pays attention to the development of students' quality in all aspects.

Lifelong education has changed the contents and methods of education. The content of traditional education is basically limited to the study of abstract theoretical knowledge, while the educational content involved in lifelong education includes the cultivation of knowledge, emotion and behavior, as well as the cultivation of students as a whole; From the perspective of human development, this educational method replaces the traditional way of educating students as "adults" by paying attention to their physical and mental development characteristics at all stages.

Lifelong education has changed the stage and organization of education. Traditional education limits learning to teenagers, and the concept of "receiving an education once and benefiting for life" is deeply rooted, while lifelong education extends the learning stage to a person's life, and you can receive education at any time as long as you need it. In this way, all kinds of education are linked and unified to form a complete and comprehensive education system.

In a word, lifelong learning will greatly change the educational system and educational relationship established with schools as the center since the industrial revolution, so changing the particularity and closeness of schools has become an inevitable choice for educational reform.