The purpose of education is to train the educated to become the general requirement of a certain social need. The purpose of education is determined according to the requirements of political, economic, production, cultural and scientific development of a certain society and the physical and mental development of the educated. It reflects the requirements of a certain society for the educated, is the starting point and ultimate goal of educational work, and is also the basis for determining educational content, selecting educational methods, and checking and evaluating educational effects.

The aims of education and teaching are universal and special. The purpose of education is the general requirement of what kind of talents the country trains, which reflects the general demand of social members for education. Teaching purpose is the requirement of realizing educational purpose in teaching field, which reflects the needs of teaching subjects. The purpose of education guides the purpose of teaching, and the purpose of teaching must obey the purpose of education.

Usually, the purpose of education should be transformed into the purpose of teaching, and the needs of society should be concretized into the needs of teaching subjects.

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As a guiding document for the development of education in a country or region, educational planning has the following basic attributes:

① Educational planning is forward-looking (also called advanced). As a more comprehensive and long-term educational plan, educational planning focuses on the future and is an arrangement for educational development in a certain period in the future. Therefore, scientific education planning should predict the future social needs and environmental conditions, make the planning conform to the reality, meet the needs and characteristics of the future environment, and make all work get twice the result with half the effort. Forward-looking determines that the preparation of educational planning must have a sense of advance.

② Educational planning is authoritative. First of all, it is the result of scientific research. The second is to pass the corresponding authority approval. After repeated argumentation, educational planning generally needs to be approved by the corresponding authority before it can enter the implementation procedure. In China, it generally needs to be reviewed and approved by the people's congress at the same level, and at the same time, it must be submitted to the higher-level government and competent departments at all levels for consideration before it can enter the implementation procedure. Third, after being approved by an authoritative organization, it has legal effect and becomes a part of the overall social development plan of a country or region. It is one of the important bases for national and local governments to achieve the educational development goals and ensure the balanced development of national economy and society, and governments at all levels and relevant departments must conscientiously implement it.

In the process of macro-management of education, educational planning plays an important role in coordination and guidance. It is not only the yardstick of macro guidance, but also the basis for governments at all levels and educational administrative departments to conduct self-evaluation on educational development. Therefore, it is an important duty of the administrative department of education to formulate the educational development plan.