Noble questions on our education system !!!

Check this out :

 Venkataraman Ramakrishnan won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 2009 but decades ago he failed to clear entrance tests for both the IITs and a reputed medical college.

At a public lecture at the Indian Institute of Science campus here, he recalled his journey from Baroda where he went to school and college before moving to Ohio University for his Ph.D. He noted that he appeared for the IIT entrance test but "did not get a single seat in IITs "
source : TOI/indiatimes.com

The questions that crop up are: ( Hope these are Noble questions ...not Ignoble !!!)

Can this be true ???

Can we claim to have a 'professional' approach towards learning and excellence ?

Is the selection process in premier engineering institutes lacking in THE REAL thing ?

Is it always true that great geniuses go unnoticed by the academia ?

Do we need this kind of educational philosophy ?

What is the point in having marking system in learning institutes ?

How else can we separate 'wheat' from the 'chaff' ?

Is education system in need of serious Redefining ?

What REALLY can be done to reform education.....and reform humanism ???