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    Factors Associated with Academic Performance of Students of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya - A case study
    (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Chathuranga, C.D.; Tissera, D.
    The scarcity of studies related to the factors associated with academic performance in Sri Lanka, especially in relation to the university context, it was motivated to conduct this study with the primary focus of finding out the significant factors associated with academic performance of students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya. Identifying the variation of the impact of such factors on students‘ performance in the primary, secondary education and the university education and to determine whether there is an impact of students‘ past performances on Grade Point Average (GPA) also focused in this study. A sample of 274 units from the Faculty of Social Sciences was selected using the random sampling method and a well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The GPA was considered the determinant of student‘s performance in the study. A descriptive analysis was conducted to identify the patterns of the data and the association of variables with the GPA. Kendalls‘ rank correlation, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman rank correlation test were used in the univariate analysis. The ordered logistic model was applied at the stage of advanced analysis in order to find the factors associated with GPA. The descriptive analysis revealed that students‘ past education performance, residence place during the university life, association with friends, university facilities, students‘ health, family background, extracurricular activities and social activities affect the performance in the university. Ordered logistic model suggested that the ―leisure time spent in the university‖ and ―father‘s education‖ have positively affected on students‘ GPA which means when the time increases and father has a higher level of education GPA tends to be higher while ―getting sick regularly‖ and ―time spent in coming to university‖ have negatively affected in relation to the students‘ academic performance.
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    Identification of Constraints for Regional Economic Cooperation though South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
    (Research Symposium 2010 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2010) Gunasena, J.T.; Chathuranga, C.D.; Bandara, H.G.K.N.
    Identification of constraints for economic cooperation in South Asia had been the main research issue that is discussed in this paper. One of the objectives of the research is to identify possible solutions to overcome these constraints. To attain this purpose secondary data had been analyzed using SWOT method and research findings revealed several constraints those adversely affect economic cooperation in South Asia. Prevailing political contradictions, especially between India and Pakistan is not conducive for better economic cooperation. South Asian countries heavily depend on the developed nations technology and industrial products. They still export agricultural commodities and industrial raw materials. Most countries in the region suffer from adverse balance of payments and serious debt burdens. Lack of effective information system among member states has caused many economic contortions where the exporters are ignorant of the importers who will demand their products and importers do not know about their suppliers within the region. Economic domination by India makes smaller countries fear that India will expand at the expense of their economies. All member countries produce same kind of export products in both agricultural and industrial sector. India competes with Bangladesh for Jute Goods and with Sri Lanka for cotton and cotton textiles. Pakistan competes with India for rice in the world market. When consider the trade agreements signed by the member states the most of the export products which were granted tariff concessions are not produced domestically or not traded by the member countries in large scale and preference has not been given to the products that are being traded on large scale. Regional cooperation may not find concrete solutions of national and regional problems of all members, but they can create favorable climate for finding out such solutions. All member states should work at this aim to attain better economic progress in the region.
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    The Impact of Past Education Performance on Grade Point Average: in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
    (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Chathuranga, C.D.
    As a performance indicator, it is important to study the impact of past education performance on students’ GPA, since the GPA pays a key role in the university system in Sri Lanka. The primary objective of the study is to identify whether there is an impact of students’ past performances on GPA. A sample of 274 units from the Faculty of Social Sciences was selected using the random sampling method and a well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. A descriptive analysis was conducted to identify the patterns of the data and the association of variables with the GPA. Mann Whitney U test and Spearman rank correlation test were used in the analysis. The results revealed that except Grade 5 examination results, both the results of the GCE O/L and A/L have a positive relationship with students’ performance at the university. The students who have passed O/L in their second attempt and the A/L in their third attempt have obtained a higher average of GPA.
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    Trends in narcotic consumption among school children in Sri Lanka
    (Culture, Globalization and the Developing World, 2nd ICSS, 2013) Chathuranga, C.D.
    Addiction to liquor and drugs has been identified as a serious health issue and a social menace in Sir Lanka today. Apparently, the youngsters in the prime age group have a risk to addict for narcotic consumption. Its continuous use by children could even lead them to more serious addictions such as heroin. There is always the possibility of such children becoming drug users, too. The core objective of the research was to investigate the prevailing narcotic consumption trends among Sri Lankan school children and the general objectives were to determine the prevailing narcotic consumption trends in the sample area and determine prevailing attitudes and reasons for narcotic consumption. The study was conducted in Kuliyapitiya education zone of Kurunegala district. Hence the study was focused among school children who are above grade 10 belonging to the Kuliyapitiya education zone. Questionnaires were used to collect the information. The questions asked were straightforward and easy to comprehend. SPSS software was used for analyzing the data. The 200 sample units were selected based on cluster sampling method. The age distribution of the sample population comprised of the age range from 15?20 years. All the students taken for the study were boys and there were 56% of 16 years old students. 54% students in the sample were studing in rural schools and others in urban. According to the responses, it was found that 63% has never used narcotic while 61.9% among them who had used narcotic in the previous month. The highest percentage of narcotic users were consuming at special occasions (35.9%) while the lowest percentage using daily (16.7%). Among the reasons given on the use of narcotic, the majority (71.8%) have mentioned that they use narcotic to socialize with friends. There was a higher significant habitual addiction for narcotic in urban school children than the rural students.
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    සංඛ්‍යාන විද්‍යාවේ ඉතිහාසය හා එහි විකාශනය
    (Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Chathuranga, C.D.
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