Anna University Tamil Nadu downfall

There has been a great downfall in the quality of education in Tamil Nadu, mainly the engineering sector pioneered by the Anna University. The main reason for this is the scrapping of the entrance examinations. The State Board syllabus has always been too bookish. The people who generally did well were those who had learned the book thoroughly - whether they understand the concepts involved was not a priority. The entrance exams though had a little bit of twisting involved and could separate the real brains. The removal of the exam brought down the education system by more than a couple of notches. Now all you had to do was mug up the book and get centum in everything to be assured a good seat in the university. Even if we disregard this, another problem rearing its head is that there are atleast a 1000 people in the same rank. The only way to distinguish them then is the ever fair date of birth and random number. This system has led to the loss of a number of talents in the state. It is really unfair to these people and they are in a great dilemma. Though it all looks pretty bleek, only solution I could think of would be to write all India entrance examinations and try to prove their mettle.