Education bureau refers to the relevant departments or institutions responsible for planning, organizing, managing and supervising the education work in this region or country. The main responsibilities of the Education Bureau include formulating educational policies, planning educational development, supervising educational quality, managing schools and teachers, providing educational resources and promoting educational reform.

It occupies an important position in the education system, aiming at ensuring the universality, fairness and quality of education and promoting students' comprehensive quality cultivation and personal development. The Education Bureau is usually subordinate to the local government or the education department, serving the educational needs of all walks of life and promoting the continuous progress and development of education.

Comprehensively implement the educational principles, policies and regulations of the party and the state, study and formulate specific principles and policies for ethnic education, and organize their implementation. To study and formulate the national education development plan and annual development plan, draw up the focus, scale, speed and steps of education development, and organize, guide and coordinate the implementation of the national education development plan, annual plan, education system reform and school-running system reform.

Responsible for the national basic education (including preschool education), special education, vocational and technical education, after-school education, adult education and higher education (including running schools by social forces), and coordinate, guide and supervise the education work of all districts, counties (countries) and relevant departments.