Education policy is the fundamental guiding ideology for a country or political party to develop education and carry out education work. It reflects the understanding degree of national political parties to educational laws and strategic objectives in a certain historical period. Education policy, like education strategy, is an important means for the state or political party to control the development of education.
Education is placed in the strategic position of national priority development. It is increasingly urgent to carry out the research on the scientific theory of educational policy. The theoretical study of educational policy is to explore the concept, attribute characteristics, content structure, formulation procedures and principles of educational policy.
The study of education policy will provide theoretical basis for the education leading departments and national education decision-making institutions to formulate correct education policies. It is not only a necessary prerequisite for scientific and accurate formulation and implementation of educational policies, but also an important content for enriching the research of basic educational theories.
There are different levels of education policy. A country has a general education policy. There are also specific policies in various fields of education, such as the development of education, the reform of education system, running schools and teaching. It is a strategic policy and action program to determine the direction of education development and guide the whole education development.
There are differences and connections between educational policies and educational purposes;
Educational policies and objectives are stipulated by the state and must be uniformly implemented throughout the country. The difference between them is mainly manifested in the following aspects: the educational policy is the general provision for educational work, which includes the general requirements for the nature and direction of education, the purpose and ways of education; The purpose of education is only to stipulate the quality standards and training specifications of talents, that is, the question of what kind of people to train.
Therefore, a complete educational policy includes educational purposes, which is one of the important contents of educational policy. Implement quality education, improve the quality of education, make school-age children and adolescents develop morally, intellectually and physically in an all-round way, and lay the foundation for cultivating socialist builders and successors with ideals, morality, culture and discipline.