{
  "id": 16864096,
  "title": "'Marks-Wadi' Mindset Must Go: Pralhad Joshi Urges Shift From Rote Learning to Experiential Education, Flags Parental Pressure On Students | Video",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/marks-wadi-mindset-must-go-pralhad-joshi-urges-shift-from-rote",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:44:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/marks-wadi-mindset-must-go-pralhad-joshi-urges-shift-from-rote-learning-to-experiential-education-flags-parental-pressure-on-students-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Delhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday asserted that the education system and anxious parents have become \"marks wadi\" being overly fixated about their wards scoring marks, as he called for replacing rote learning with experiential learning. VIDEO | Delhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said the education system and anxious parents had become “marks-wadi”, overly fixated on…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Education has become ‘marks-wadi’, rote learning must go: Pralhad Joshi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/education-has-become-marks-wadi-rote-learning-must-go-pralhad-joshi",
        "published": "2026-10-27T12:20:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}