| Admissions are based solely on the points scored in one exam, and the need for rote memorisation does little to foster creative minds. |
| Saudi education, with its heavy emphasis on Wahhabist values and rote memorisation, has often been blamed for narrowing minds. |
| This was a big departure from the idea of learning via adult-led activities or, for older children, rote memorisation. |
| But for Mr Savall memorisation is the same as playing on autopilot, and stifles a necessary element of unpredictability. |
| But they certainly serve to enliven what a more leaden pen would turn into a schoolroom exercise of memorisation and lexicography. |
| Obedience, rote memorisation, and neatness are enshrined as somehow intellectual achievements. |
