Undertake the macro-management of compulsory education, put forward policies and measures to strengthen rural compulsory education with relevant parties, formulate policies to promote the balanced development of compulsory education, and put forward policies and measures to ensure all kinds of students to receive compulsory education on an equal footing; Formulate standards for running compulsory education in conjunction with relevant parties, standardize the behavior of running compulsory education, and promote teaching reform; To guide moral education, off-campus education and safety management in primary and secondary schools.

That is to say, it is the leading department of basic education in China.