(1) is mainly regulated by the market.
Under the condition of socialist market economy, the supply and demand of education should be regulated by the laws of market economy, especially the laws of value. Because the supply and demand of education comes from the relationship between supply and demand of market economy and commodity production, it directly comes from the quality demand of labor resources in economic society. Therefore, the regulation of education supply and demand must be based on market regulation, supplemented by other means.
(2) the combination of market regulation and government macro-control.
Market regulation has its inevitable limitations, and educational products have their particularity. Therefore, under the condition of socialist market economy, market regulation and government macro-control must be properly combined. Because education is a quasi-public product, it should be mainly regulated by the government. Different educational products have different characteristics and should be treated differently. Compulsory education is closer to public goods. When adjusting the contradiction between supply and demand, the government should appropriately determine the duration and target year of compulsory education according to the needs and possible conditions of economic and social development. Non-compulsory education, especially vocational and technical education and higher education, is closer to private products than compulsory education. Government regulation is the main factor, and market regulation can be more used to alleviate its contradictions. For example, its supply and demand can be adjusted by lowering and raising the tuition standard.
In a word, under the condition of socialist market economy, with the establishment of market economic system, the education field should gradually form a dual regulation mechanism combining government macro-control with market regulation.