Educational policy is the general provision of educational work, including the general requirements for the nature and direction of education, educational objectives and the basic ways to achieve educational objectives. The purpose of education is only to stipulate the quality standards and training specifications of talents. Therefore, education policy contains educational purpose, which is one of the important contents of education policy.

1, education policy:

Education must serve the socialist modernization and the people, and must be combined with productive labor and social practice to cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty.

2, the purpose of education:

Pay attention to cultivating students' innovative spirit and practical ability, and cultivate builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty with ideals, morality, education and discipline.

Therefore, "educational purpose" and "educational policy" both contain the provision of "training people for whom (which class and which society)", which not only reflects the basic requirements of the state for education, but also is the fundamental guiding principle that all levels and types of education must not violate in nature and direction. "Educational policy" is the policy expression of educational purpose, and "educational purpose" is only one of several components of educational policy.

The difference between educational policy and educational purpose;

1, with different definitions.

"Educational policy" is the general policy or direction of educational work in a certain historical stage explicitly promulgated and implemented by the highest state power organ according to the political and economic requirements, and it is the strategic policy and action program guiding the development of the whole educational cause. "Educational purpose" only emphasizes the final result of educational activities.

2. The target audience is different.

The "educational policy" is put forward for the cause of education, and it is the highest action guide for a country, educational development and personnel training. The object of "educational purpose" is the educated, which is the general requirement of the state for the people to be trained in education, and the requirements for the quality specifications of human training are relatively clear.

3. Different categories.

The "educational policy" is macroscopic and the "educational purpose" is microscopic. "Education policy" is a working term and a political concept, which belongs to the field of education policy or education management. "Educational purpose" is a theoretical term, an academic concept, and the content or category of educational principles or basic educational theories.

4. They are the relationship between the whole and the parts.

"Educational policy" includes: the service direction of educational work, educational purpose and ways to realize educational purpose. Therefore, the relationship between the two is a whole and a part.