(1) Education has the function of maintaining social and political stability.

The political function of education is first manifested in its very important role in maintaining social and political stability. "Building the country and people, teaching first". From the historical development, the basic way for any country and any society to maintain social rule and political stability is through education. Even the implementation of social and political control by strengthening the rule of law is closely related to strengthening education, and the control of law is essentially achieved through the rule of law education.

The function of education in maintaining social and political stability is mainly reflected in two aspects.

First, education cultivates all kinds of political talents for the society. Political talents refer to leaders and managers in all sectors and fields of society. Political talents at all levels need to be trained through education.

Second, education cultivates social citizens with certain political qualities. This is another outstanding performance of the function of education in maintaining social and political stability. The social ruling class always wants to cultivate citizens through education, so that the educated can have the political ideals and beliefs that the country, the government or the ruling party often yearn for.

(2) Education has the function of promoting social and political changes.

In the historical process of social development, the constancy of social politics is relative. With the development and reform of social economy, social politics will also change. Generally speaking, social and political changes are constantly developing and progressing. Education is one of the main factors to promote social and political changes. Education has a strong reaction to social and political changes.

First, the popularization of education and social and political changes. The popularization of modern social education is an important symbol of modern social and political change, and also an important force to promote social and political change. As a social education consciousness, the popularization of education embodies the equality and openness of social politics. The popularization of education contains a kind of power to change society and promote social development, which has been demonstrated in the modern social and political fields. The continuous improvement of the level of education popularization will more effectively promote social and political changes and progress.

Secondly, education promotes excellent morality and promotes social and political changes by spreading advanced ideas. In modern society, education promotes social progress and innovation by spreading scientific truth, carrying forward fine morality, forming correct public opinion and generating progressive political ideas. The leading role of educational ability is that it can publicize the positive factors in social politics, ideology and morality, restrain and resist the negative factors of decay and backwardness, and thus serve the progress of social politics.

Third, education can promote social and political democratization. Political democratization is the inevitable trend of political development in modern society. This is driven by education. The cultivation of democratic consciousness and concept is inseparable from education. Democratic consciousness is closely related to scientific consciousness. Lack of scientific knowledge literacy cannot improve democratic literacy. Therefore, developing national education and constantly improving the scientific and cultural level of all citizens is an important prerequisite and guarantee for realizing social and political democratization.