Responsible for the management of compulsory education, ordinary high school education, preschool education and special education in the city; Formulate policies to promote the balanced development of compulsory education, standardize the behavior of running compulsory education, and promote the integrated development of urban and rural compulsory education in conjunction with relevant departments; To formulate policies for the development of ordinary senior high school education, preschool education and special education; Formulate education and teaching policies for basic education and promote teaching and curriculum reform; Guide the teaching informatization, library and experimental equipment construction of basic education schools; Responsible for the evaluation and reward of teaching achievements in basic education; Coordinate and guide the national unity education of primary and secondary school students;

Responsible for the management and guidance of mental health education in primary and secondary schools; Responsible for the management of primary and secondary school students; Guide the international cooperation and exchange of education in the whole city, make overall management of studying abroad, studying in China, Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools, foreign teachers and cultural and educational experts, international scientific research cooperation and social services, undertake the work related to foreign-related supervision of education, plan and guide the international promotion of Chinese, and centrally manage educational exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan; To undertake the ideological and political education of school students and teachers; Overall planning and coordinating the education and teaching of ideological and political theory courses in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, and guiding the construction of spiritual civilization, campus culture, network culture, counselors and class teachers in schools; Guide school moral education, labor education, off-campus education and family education, formulate education and teaching guidance policies, and plan and guide relevant professional curriculum construction and teacher training; Guide the supervision and management of kindergartens in private primary and secondary schools.