1, boot function:

Once the educational purpose is established, it becomes a guide for people's actions, which not only points out the development direction and predetermined development results for the educated, but also points out the work direction and goal for the educators.

2, incentive function:

The purpose of education is result-oriented. A purposeful, conscious and demanding educational goal can guide the direction of running a school, guide the formulation of training goals, and then encourage schools and teachers to work hard to achieve educational goals.

3, evaluation function:

The purpose of education is not only the quality specification and standard of a country's talent training, but also an important basis for measuring the quality and benefit of education. The evaluation function of educational purpose can be embodied in modern educational evaluation or educational supervision behavior.

4. Select function:

The function of educational purpose choice is embodied in the choice of educational activities and educational contents. Schools and teachers in any country, without exception, will decide which research results and social culture can enter the educational content and which should be criticized and resisted according to the basic requirements of educational purposes.

Hierarchical structure of educational purpose:

The levels of educational purpose include: the educational purpose of the country and the training objectives of schools at all levels.

1, National Education Purpose:

The educational aim of the country is the general requirement of the country for training people, which stipulates the general quality specifications and standard requirements of all kinds of education and training people at all levels.

2, all kinds of schools at all levels of training objectives:

Training goal is the concretization of educational purpose, and it is the training requirement put forward by all levels and types of education in combination with educational purpose, social requirements and the characteristics of the educated. The training goal of basic education is mainly to lay the foundation for people's growth and development in all aspects, while the training goal of higher education is to train all kinds of specialized talents.