coimbatore calling for flexible norms for universities defence minister nirmala sitharaman said the ugc should focus more on quality of education than the revenue or fees institutions received she was speaking at the 29th convocation of avinashilingam institute for home science and higher education for women in the city on sundaythere are some institutions that do not collect capitation fee wont you allow them higher institutions and higher regulatory institutions in education should be worried about the quality of what is imparted in a classroom and should be worried about the output of what comes out of a particular course should look at the course ability to be a good representative of that subject specialization rather than look at only the fees and the formulation with which fees are collected the capitation fee can be exempted we are asking for exemption of capitation fee it should not even be there in the first place she saidshe added that she always felt that onesizefitsall principle does not work well if the ugc comes up with a set of rules and norms which is done in the broad interest of promoting education it should also allow a certain degree of flexibility for the universities and institutions or else institutions like avinashilingam can never fit into your rules and norms this institution does not take any capitation fee and runs on the fee that is due without capitation fee it is not possible to run a medical college so they have not set it up she saidwhat an irony that we have to ask for an exemption but it is not permitted this is educations irony i am sure archana thakur joint secretary and chief vigilance office of ugc will use her office and convey the message that capitation fee cannot be a subject of exceptions it should be the norm no capitation should be the norm said nirmala sitharamanarchana thakur said that ugc is looking at tamil nadu and is happy with the way the institutions follow the norms avinashilingam institute should look at expanding and setting up a medical college as well she saidon sunday 54 phd scholars 32 mphil scholars 273 postgraduates 1593 undergraduates received their degrees and 74 graduates received gold medals for their meritorious performance at the convocation