Education has the specific function of selecting, spreading and creating culture. Giving priority to the development of education in poverty-stricken areas is conducive to getting rid of poverty and becoming rich. Culture is a kind of spiritual power, which can be transformed into material power in the process of understanding and transforming the world and has a profound impact on social development. Therefore, first cure the poor, first cure the stupid, first help the poor and help the wisdom.

The integration of culture, economy and politics, economic development, and getting rid of poverty and becoming rich are all inseparable from the improvement of labor quality and the application of science and technology. The state attaches importance to the development and popularization of science and technology in poverty-stricken areas to improve people's quality.

Excellent culture shapes life, enriches people's spiritual world, strengthens people's spiritual strength and promotes people's all-round development. We should attach importance to giving full play to the initiative of the broad masses of grassroots cadres and masses, let them warm up their hearts and take action, and change the face of poverty and backwardness through hard work. It is necessary to mobilize all social forces to participate extensively in poverty alleviation.

Function of education

According to the object of educational function-personal development function and social development function.

The individual development function of education refers to the influence and function of education on individual development. It is determined by the internal structural characteristics of educational activities, which occurs inside educational activities, and is also called the ontological function or internal function of education.

The social development function of education refers to the influence and function of education on social development. The social functions of modern education include: population function, economic function, political function, cultural function, scientific and technological function and so on. The social development function of education is the derivative of the ontological function of education in the social structure, and it is the derivative function or derivative function of education.