Before liberalizing textbook publication, the MoE did a survey of people from all walks of life. It showed that 74-plus per cent of respondents approved or extremely approved of the texts used in primary and middle schools. Going one step further, these were mostly heads of households, students, and teachers. Obviously this is because these texts are convenient as a standard for promotion.
在宣佈教科書開放民間編印之前，編譯館曾預先做了一份實證研究，詢問社會各界人士的看法，在問到對現行教科書統一編纂的看法時，傾向贊成的（非常贊成與贊成）佔百分之七十四以上；若再進一步分析，贊成者以家長、學生、老師居多，其考慮顯然是因為便於升學準備。