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Item 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.Item සංඛ්යාන විද්යාවේ ඉතිහාසය හා එහි විකාශනය(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2016) Chathuranga, C.D.Item විශ්වවිද්යාල විද්යාර්ථින්ගේ ජංගම අධ්යාපනයේ භාවිතය (කැලණිය විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සමාජීය විද්යා පීඨයේ අවසන් වසර විද්යාර්ථීන් ඇසුරෙන්)(Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Kariyawasam, H.D.S.; Chathuranga, C.D.