Ting says that, although education is not a panacea, it is certainly not irrelevant. Unfortunately, the effects of education policy are visible only in the long term, and it therefore has a relatively weak position in politics and is often neglected because policymakers probably will not see the fruits of their efforts in their terms of office.
他認為，教育雖非萬能，但絕不是無用，教育屬於長效型的政策，在施政上具有先天弱勢，因為施政者可能無法在任內看到回收，容易被一般施政排擠。