The purpose of education is the destination or expected result of education. It is the starting point and destination of educational activities, and it itself reflects the requirements and directions of educational subjects in the direction of efforts, social orientation and human training standards.

In a narrow sense, the purpose of education refers to the general requirements established by a certain society (national society) for the training of talents at all levels and in all kinds of education (or the whole educational cause), which is the root of the whole educational desire.

Broadly speaking, educational purpose refers to the target field that has a directional effect on educational activities, including a series of goals expected to be achieved at different levels. Its structural level is divided into upper and lower layers.

The order is: educational goal-training goal-curriculum goal-teaching goal, etc. The meaning of each name and its functional characteristics are the same and unique.