The purpose of education is the general requirement of society for cultivating talents. The activity of cultivating people according to the educational purpose is a kind of control activity for the educated. This control activity needs a long-term process and the cooperation of schools, society and families. The purpose of education stipulates the predetermined development direction of the educated, which enables all parties to jointly control the educated from beginning to end. Only in this way can the younger generation grow up healthily according to the requirements of society. Therefore, educators should publicize the purpose of education.

2. Guide and dominate educational activities.

The purpose of education is related to the overall situation of education, runs through all aspects of education and plays a guiding and leading role in education. All aspects of education, such as the choice of educational content, educational methods and the formulation of educational system, must be restricted by educational purposes and meet the requirements of educational purposes. The purpose of education is the starting point and destination of all educational activities. All educational activities are carried out under the control of educational objectives. Evaluating the quality of education and checking whether educational measures are appropriate depend on whether they have achieved educational goals. Therefore, educators should first learn and correctly understand the educational objectives.

3. Conducive to correct educational thoughts and promote educational reform.

Educational thought is the fundamental viewpoint and view of education, and educational purpose is the core issue of educational thought. Studying and studying the purpose of education will help us to correct our educational thoughts and consciously invest in educational reform, thus promoting social reform and development. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, China issued a series of reform decisions, which opened up a broad road for China's political and economic development and the construction of material and spiritual civilization. The key now is the cultivation of talents. Under the guidance of what kind of educational concept, what kind of requirements and specifications are used to train people is a major issue related to the success or failure of China's reform and socialist modernization. If educators can correctly understand and implement educational goals, educational reform will achieve good results. On the contrary, not only can the educational reform fail to achieve the expected results, but it will also bring resistance to the overall reform in China and delay the process of reform, opening up and modernization.

Because of this, all educators must take seriously and correctly solve the fundamental problem of educational purpose.