1. The primary function of education is to promote individual development, including individual socialization and individualization.

2. The most basic function of education is to influence the change of social talent system and economic development. Modern society emphasizes that the economic function of education mainly includes: providing a good background for the sustained and stable development of the economy; Improve the potential labor ability of the educated; Form ideas, attitudes and behaviors that adapt to modern economic life.

3. The social function of education is to cultivate talents for the development of the country and serve the political and economic development of the country.

The most far-reaching function of education is to influence the development of culture. Education should not only convey culture, but also meet the requirements of the continuation and renewal of culture itself.

Historical background of education

In the west, the word education comes from the Latin word education, and the prefix "e" means "out", meaning "out" or "out", which means that something originally hidden in the body and mind is triggered by some means. Etymologically speaking, the word "education" in the west has an internal meaning. It is emphasized that education is a natural activity, aiming at arousing the inherent or potential quality of natural persons from the inside out and making it a realistic development state.