In addition, argues Kuo Wei-fan, who has been following education reform since the beginning, "Too much emphasis has been put on the surface problems, on technical questions, while the spiritual aspect has been ignored." Education reform is supposed to be about humanitarian ideals and building new educational values, but is helpless to do anything about declining morals in schools.
此外，「教改太著重於解決眼前問題，偏重技術面，對精神面卻有所忽略，」看著教改一路走來的郭為藩指出，教改講人本、講建立新的教育價值，但對校園中的道德沈淪現象卻無力可施。