Many people ascribe the serious damage to schools in the areas worst hit on 21 September to corrupt collusion between contractors and officials in the execution of public works projects. Some corruption may indeed problem lies in the type of structural design generally chosen for classroom buildings in Taiwan's elementary and high schools.
這次災區學校受損嚴重，許多人將之歸咎於公家工程的「官商勾結」；勾結或許屬實，但癥結還是在於台灣的國中小學教室慣採的建築結構。