Educational personnel management refers to the management activities carried out by the educational administrative departments at all levels of the country on the selection, appointment, training, assessment, wages, rewards and punishments, welfare, retirement and other matters of educational administrative cadres and staff according to the national personnel policy.

The contents of the education management system include:

First of all, the core of the educational administrative system is the national educational administrative power structure. Including the distribution of educational administrative power between the central and local governments, the distribution of educational administrative power between educational administrative departments at all levels and other departments, the division of administrative power between educational administrative organs at all levels and schools, and various power distribution relations within educational administrative organs.

Second, all kinds of educational administrative institutions at all levels are the organizational forms of the national educational administrative system. The power structure of national education administration is implicit in all kinds of educational administrative institutions at all levels.

Thirdly, the educational administrative system is the basic guarantee to maintain the normal operation and function of educational administrative institutions. It plays an important role in regulating the management activities and functions of educational administrative institutions.

Fourthly, the formation of educational administrative system is the result of the comprehensive effect of national economic system, political system, cultural tradition and educational system.

Fifth, the educational administrative system, as a social undertaking management system, is not static. With the change of social background conditions or the development of the education system itself, the education administrative system must make corresponding changes.