Abstract:
Sri Lanka is known as the country with very low enrolment ratio in tertiary education.
Due to the limited resources and free education system those who arc eligible for entering
in to universities arc prioriti/ed based on their Z-Score and district.. Therefore there is a
tendency to select student with higher Z-Score from each district.
Study was design to evaluate the relationship between, selection criteria and academic
performances of B Com students in the University of Kelaniya. I have applied inductive
method for the study. as well as used secondary data. Population is the B Com students in
the University of Kclaniya and sample size was 350. For the analysis, I have compared ZScore
and Gender with GPA of the students and also compared average GPA with
average Z-Scorc.
Findings of the study show that there is no significant relationship between Z-Score and
GP A. Students, who got the higher Z-Score in A/L. didn't get the higher GPA in
university (r2= 0.1411 ). And also there is no any relationship between gender and GPA as
well as both male and female students performed equally (r2'= 0.505). Relationship
between average G P A and average Z-Score in all district, is poor and positive. r2=
0.233 7) .. This shows that students from rural areas arc also performing equally with
students ii"om urban districts.
