The relative independence of education means that education has its own operating rules and development characteristics. It is embodied in the following aspects:
(1) Education is qualitative. The qualitative stipulation of education lies in that education is a social practice that consciously transmits social experience to the educated to cultivate people.
(2) Education has historical inheritance. Any education has a historical heritage; Education should pay attention to inheriting and developing national traditions.
(3) The imbalance between education and the development of social productive forces and political and economic systems. The development of education and productivity is not completely synchronized with the reform of political and economic system: education is relatively independent of the development level of productivity; Education is relatively independent of political and economic systems. The unbalanced development of education and productivity reflects the relative independence of education.
The eternity of education means that education is a unique social phenomenon of human beings. As long as human society exists, education exists. The historicity of education means that the nature, purpose and content of education are different in different societies or different historical stages of the same society. Education is productive because it can transform possible labor force into realistic labor force, is an important means to reproduce scientific knowledge and develop science, and plays an important role in improving production efficiency and increasing social wealth.