The ROC Constitution stipulates that each Chinese citizen has the right to receive an education. Principal Chou believes that the government is pushing a "look south" policy of improving relations with the nations of Southeast Asia, yet it has not solved the problem of educating the children of Taiwanese businessmen.
憲法規定：「國民有受教育的義務和權利」，台北學校校長周憲明認為，政府大力推動南向政策，但沒有為台商解決教育上的問題，其實是「違憲」的。