According to the query of Baidu question bank, the purpose of education is:

1. Guiding function: the purpose of education is to guide people's actions, to point out the development direction for the educated, to determine the development result in advance, and to point out the work direction and goal for the educators.

2. Motivation: The purpose of education is a result orientation. Since human activities are purposeful, conscious and planned, they should also have clear directions and goals. The purpose of education can stimulate the intrinsic motivation of educators and educatees, so that they have clear goals and directions, thus generating a kind of motivation to study hard.

3. Evaluation function: The purpose of education is the fundamental basis and standard for measuring and evaluating the effect of education implementation. To evaluate the effect of education, we must establish clear standards, which is the purpose of education. Schools can evaluate the quality and effect of education according to the purpose of education, so as to further improve the quality of education, improve the conditions for running schools and improve the efficiency of running schools.