The aim of education is to develop and integrate the human personality.

According to Sri Guru Granth Sahib the aims of education are of two types:

• Individual aim:
  The principal aim of education is to lead an individual to self-realization so that his full potentials are realized. Strong moral character, physical well-being and strength, emotional and aesthetic abundance are the aspects which should be the result of a meaningful education. True education is to assure the all-round development of an individual, in other words, the flowering of all aspects of personality and the development and integration of human personality.
  The function of education is to prepare the intellectual, aesthetic and emotional background in such a way, that the individual’s development is assured.
  According to gurbani only individual development is of no worth if it is not put to the good use of the society.
  
  
• Social aim:
  According to Guru Nanak Dev ji-“Vidiaa veechaaree tan parupkaaree”. That education is good, which is used for the welfare of people. We can explore this phrase as such:
  The word vidiaa means – education, learning, understanding, study, being acquainted with, cognizance, reading, gaining knowledge, reflections, understanding, exploring, researching, etc.”
  “veecharee? means – contemplate, reflect, think, etc.”
  “parupkaaree? – means-altruistic, selfless, kind, philanthropic, generous, humanitarian, beneficent, benevolent, etc.
  It means, altruism (parupkaar) is the essence of knowledge. Unless one practices education it cannot turn out to be vidya.
  
  
  In Sikhism, the purpose of education is declared to be to initiate the person to altruism. It is believed that an ideal scholar understands the true essence of the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and shares his/her knowledge with others.
  -Blessed is that mortal being, who shares the teachings for the good of others. (SGGS 311)