Economic function refers to the influence of education on promoting social and economic growth by exerting influence on workers. Through education, people can master certain knowledge, production experience and labor skills, that is, to transform possible labor force into realistic labor force, thus forming a new labor force, improving labor efficiency and promoting the development of productive forces, which belongs to the economic function of education.

The economic function of education includes the reproduction of labor force, the reproduction of scientific and cultural knowledge and the creation and renewal of science and technology. Labor reproduction refers to people mastering certain scientific knowledge, production experience and labor technology through education, that is, transforming the labor force (potential labor force) that may but has not mastered science and technology into the real labor force that has mastered scientific skills, thus forming new productive forces, improving labor productivity and promoting the development of social production.

The function of education:

Personal development function and social development function. The individual development function of education can be divided into two aspects: the individual socialization function and the individual individualization function of education. The fields of social activities mainly include economy, politics and culture, so the social development function of education can be divided into economic function, political function and cultural function of education.

1. The primary function of education is to promote individual development, including individual socialization and individualization.

2. The most basic function of education is to influence the change of social talent system and economic development. Modern society emphasizes that the economic function of education mainly includes: providing a good background for the sustained and stable development of the economy; Improve the level of education.

3. The social function of education is to cultivate talents for the development of the country and serve the political and economic development of the country.