Fang Jhy-fang explains that the problem with wholesale privatization is that private publishers might be unable to supply enough textbooks to meet the demands of all primary schools. However, in continuing to publish textbooks, the NICT has met with much criticism for the financial support it receives from the government.
方稚芳的解釋是，怕教科書驟然開放，民間版本在數量上不能應付眾多的國小學生所需，但是承續統編本時期架構的國編本，在資源的運用上，卻成為各方箭靶。