The report of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to "insist on education serving the socialist modernization and the people, regard moral education as the fundamental task of education, comprehensively implement quality education, train socialist builders and successors with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, and strive to run a satisfactory education for the people."
Educational policy is the general direction and policy of educational work put forward by a country or political party at a certain historical stage, and it is the general summary of basic educational policies.
It is a strategic policy and action program to determine the direction of education development and guide the whole education development. The content includes the nature, position, purpose and basic approach of education.
Different historical periods have different educational policies; In the same historical period, due to the need to emphasize a certain aspect, the expression of education policy will be different.
Because the educational policy makers are countries or political parties, in different historical periods, countries or political parties always have different policies on the development of education. In some countries, political parties take turns to govern, so education strategies and policies will change frequently and education policies will be different. Social organizations and educational philosophers often decide the purpose of education, and once the purpose is put forward, it has relative stability. Moreover, the education policies of the same political party in different periods can be different, and the education policies of different political parties can even be completely opposite. Therefore, the variability of educational policy is far greater than the variability of educational purpose.
The definition points out: "It generally includes the nature of education, the purpose of education and the ways to achieve it." Since the educational policy has pointed out the way to realize the educational goal, it has more clear practical significance as an educational strategy of a country or a political party. Judging from the definition of "educational purpose", it is controversial whether the educational purpose can be realized. In particular, Wolfgang Brechenko's definition holds that the purpose of education is ultimate and ideal to some extent, which cannot be achieved in a short time.
Because "different historical periods have different educational policies; In the same historical period, the expression of education policy will be different because it emphasizes the needs of a certain aspect. Therefore, the education policy has stages, which is more obvious for the same political party, that is, the later education policy is the continuation and further deepening of the previous education policy, which is inseparable from the continuity of the education strategy and policy of the state and political parties. The highest educational purpose is the ultimate.