According to the basic requirements of society for individuals, school education makes social norms on the direction and aspects of personal development, that is, personal socialization. School education has the special function of accelerating individual development, that is, individual individualization. The influence of school education, especially elementary and secondary education, on individual development has not only immediate value, but also delayed value. School education has the function of developing individual special talents and personality.

Education is characterized by purposeful, organized and planned influence on people. School education embodies the characteristics of education. The purpose and planning of school education are embodied in strict organization. School education is institutionalized education. School education has a strict organizational structure and system. From a macro point of view, schools have a variety of system structures.

From the microscopic point of view, the school has specialized leadership positions and educational and teaching organizations, specialized institutions engaged in ideological and political, teaching, general affairs and logistics, and cultural and sports activities, and a series of strict educational and teaching systems, which are not available in social education and family education.

School education is an activity to cultivate people in an all-round way. It should not only care about the growth of the educated's knowledge and intelligence, but also care about the formation of students' ideology and morality, and also care about the healthy growth of the educated. It is the unique duty of school education to cultivate and shape all-round and complete social people. And this responsibility can only be borne by school education.