The relationship between educational goals and training goals is both universal and special. Training goals are formulated on the basis of educational goals, so they are the concretization of educational goals. Only by concretizing the educational goal into the training goal of all kinds of schools at all levels can it be operated and implemented in reality. The educational goal is a concrete and observable change (or progress) that reflects the educational purpose. Therefore, the purpose of education is the main concept.

The following are the specific concepts of these three concepts:

Educational goal: refers to the standards that the trained talents should meet. This goal can be high or low according to needs (the educational goal is to cultivate people's direction and specifications).

The purpose of education refers to the general requirements of education for the quality and specifications of the people to be trained, that is, to solve the problem of what kind of people to train, which is determined according to the development requirements of politics, economy, production, culture and science and technology in a certain society and the physical and mental development of the educated. It reflects the requirements of a certain society for the educated, is the starting point and ultimate goal of educational work, and is also the basis for determining educational content, selecting educational methods, and checking and evaluating educational effects.

Training objectives refer to the concretization of educational objectives in schools and educational institutions at all levels. It is determined by the needs of a specific social field and social level, and also changes with the type and level of the school where the educated object is located. In order to meet the talent needs of all walks of life and social strata and the learning needs of educatees of different ages, various schools at all levels have been established. All kinds of schools at all levels should set their own training objectives in order to complete their respective tasks and cultivate qualified talents needed by society.