The undermining of government authority implicit in this is quite clear. The opening of textbook publication to the private sector did cause some demands for returning to "education for education's sake" to arise. Questions raised included: "Won't allowing private companies to handle publishing after decades of government standardization mean an end to guarantees of both" quality "and" quantity "in text books?"
但或許也因為政治力介入，開放的過程中雖然也曾出現「回歸教育」的聲音，例如「數十年由官方主導教科書編印，一下開放由民間承接，在品質與數量上，是否能夠保證？」