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Administering Environment Management Process for a Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka: The Case of Open Waste Disposal at Guhagoda
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Somarathna, D. H. A. S.
All modern states have implemented new policy programs and projects have been planned and implemented regarding solid waste management Sri Lanka which is expecting, sustainable environmental development too prepared and implemented various mechanisms for solid waste management against such a background, some of the solid waste management programmers implemented in Sri Lanka are facing a charge that such programmers have become a threat to human health which has in turn become a serious social problem. Main objectives of this study is to find out how far the impact of these programs have become a threat to human health and human security. Under the qualitative research plan Guhagoda area was selected as the study field. 05 officers from Harispattuwa Pradeshiya Sabha, 05 officers from the Central Environmental Authority, 05 persons belonging to the Waste Management Unit of Kandy Municipality and 25 persons were selected as the sample. In the collection of Primary Data, interviews and observation were used while for the collection of secondary from secondary sources were used. For the analysis of overall data system, the descriptive method was used. One of the main facts revealed from the research study was that informal method of solid waste disposal at Guhagoda has a definite impact on the human health and human security. Due to failure in recycling the solid waste various poisonous gas in emitted to the environment while poisonous chemicals have got mixed with underground water. Due to these things the people of the area are subject to respiratory diseases, heart problems and skin diseases. Accordingly, environmental development targets priority should be given for environmental protection and human protection and in planning implementation of solid waste management plans, it is necessary consider environmental factors community oriented ideas and new technology and the specialized knowledge of environmentalist
Age Group and Financial Literacy Rate; Special Reference to Wewala West GN Division
(4th National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics 2018/2019. Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Perera, P. G. T. N.
Financial literacy has direct impact on financial decision making. In present society there are some troubles with lack of financial literacy. According to the previous literature in many countries, one can identify various factors are affecting to financial literacy rate. Main objective of this study is identifying the age group which is highly financial literate in Sri Lankan context. As well as identifying the other factors affected to financial literacy rate. This study was selected 300 households using simple random sampling technique as the sample from 1442 number of households in the Wewala West GN division which is the population of this study. Here only used primary data for research purposes and they were collected through structured questionnaire. For the analysis purposes analytical tools that validity analysis, frequency analysis, factor analysis, weighted average, chi square test and also one-way ANOVA have used for analysis part of this study. This study finds that gender, household’s monthly income, education level, sector of job and age category are significantly affecting factor for the financial literacy rate while race is not significantly affect to financial literacy rate. Education level and age are the most important factors among the affected factors. And also this study finds that there is a different between age groups on financial literacy rate and people between age 36-50 and also above 60 groups are significantly have high level of financial literacy rate.
Childhood Obesity and Academic Performance at School
(Department of Social Statisctics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Assalla, A.D.N.P.
Children who are obese are above the normal weight for their age and height. Childhood obesity increases the risk of adulthood obesity and obesity-related diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Successful academic performance is important during the school years and is also a strong predictor of occupational and social success in adult life. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine the association between children’s overweight status and their academic performance. Primary data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey conducted through a structured questionnaire. This study was selected 80 students using simple random sampling techniques as the sample in Attanagalla Divisional Secretariat. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and logistic regression analysis were used to analyze data. Overweight students both girls and boys achieved lower average marks for math and language than their non-overweight peers. It was identified that obesity is negatively associated with academic performance in both genders at school. Age, gender, mother’s BMI, father’s BMI, skipping breakfast, eating fast foods, and snacks have been identified as the key determinant for the development of obesity. The overweight students also demonstrated significantly more detentions, worsened school attendance, and less participation in the school athletic team.
Childhood Obesity and Academic Performance at School
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Assalla, A.D. N. P.
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. Children who are obese are above the normal weight for their age and height. Childhood obesity leads to its related noncommunicable diseases and psychosocial health problems of children. Childhood obesity increases the risk of adulthood obesity and obesity related diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Successful academic performance is important during the school years and is also a strong predictor of occupational and social success in adult life. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine the association between children’s overweight status and their academic achievements. This study was based on primary and secondary data. Primary data were obtained from a cross-sectional survey conducted through a structured questionnaire in Gampaha district. Simple random sampling method were used to select 80 students. Descriptive statistics including mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics comprising chi square test, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze data using SPSS and Excel. Overweight students both girls and boys achieved lower average marks for math and language than their non-overweight peers. Age, gender, mother’s BMI, father’s BMI, skipping breakfast, eating fast foods and snacks have identified as key determinant for the development of obesity. The overweight students also demonstrated significantly more detentions, worsened school attendance and less participation on sports. This study has identified that, obesity is negatively associated with academic performance in both gender at school
Current Issues and Policies to Address Inefficiencies of Coconut Industry
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Rathnayake, R. M. D. H.
Coconut is one of the major plantation crops in Sri Lanka which accounts for approximately 12% of all agricultural produce in Sri Lanka. Total land area under cultivation is 395,000 hectares and about 2,500 million nuts are produced per year. According to the CRI forecast, the annual coconut yield for the year 2019 is 2828 million nuts (Sri Lanka Coconut Statistics 2017 Coconut Development Authority) and it is 10.% increase compared to the Annual National Coconut Production (ANCP) in year 2016 (2736 Mn. nuts). The coconut industry is an important source of foreign exchange, and an essential component of Sri Lankan cuisine, nutrition and rural livelihood. Coconut based products are from the Kernel, Shell, Husk, and fibber based. The main research problem of the study is although coconut production has increased significantly, the coconut processing industry has failed to absorb excess nuts. There is a rapid decline in price of coconut with this harvest and due to that coconut growers and coconut oil producers have experienced problems. Farm gate price of nuts has decreased significantly while reaching to a level where the price is less than the cost of production. This study is use both Primary and secondary data .The main tool that was used for data collection was questionnaire, and the data gathered from the Coconut Research Institute, Coconut Development Authority and Coconut Cultivation Board. Finally, Coconut Industry is hailed as the third largest net foreign exchange earner and one of the largest contributors towards the Gross Domestic Product of Our Nation. Coconut harvest is high this year so that the farm gate prices of a coconut has fallen. As there is no restriction on the export of coconuts, can be proposes to promote exports and Formulate a policy framework for the coconut industry of Sri Lanka to meet new challenges
The Determinants of the Balance of Payments Imbalance of Sri Lanka
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Udayanga, K. K. T.
Balance of Payment imbalance negatively affects to the external economic stability of Sri Lanka. Although the government has employed several strategies to manage the imbalance, those intentions have not been enough to sustain the Balance of Payment properly. This study is designed to focus on macroeconomic determinants influencing balance of payment imbalance (BOP) in comparison to Reserve Assets (RA) and Money Supply (MS). There are several types of theoretical approaches to be based on when doing academic studies on balance of payments. Theoretically, this research is based on the monetary approach for balance of payments. Searching the applicability of basic concepts of the monetary approach of BOP on Sri Lankan context was another objective of this research. This study covers the period from 1990 to 2017 and uses secondary time series data from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. This study has adopted the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) unit root method to test the order of integration of variables. Akaike Information Criterion has been used to determine the optimal lag length of each series. The Johansen Cointegration method is adopted to investigate the relationship between the variables and the effect of macroeconomic determinants on BOP imbalance. Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) has been adopted to determine the short run dynamics and long run adjustment of variables. These tests were conducted using STATA econometric software. Findings of the study reveal the long run causality running from Reserve Assets and Money Supply to BOP imbalance. Further, Reserve Assets affects positively when determining the BOP imbalance in short run as well. Research recommends policy makers and monetary authorities to maintain reserve assets effectively and to implement efficient reserve management framework for Sri Lanka. Further, this research suggests future researchers to analyse the impact of qualitative variables like political stability on BOP imbalance
The Dynamic Sectoral Growth Linkages: Evidence from Sri Lanka
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) T. Sukirtha, T.; Sivarajasingham, S.; Balamurali, N.
An understanding of sectoral growth dynamics becomes more important for policy formulation in designing a balanced growth in the economy. This study attempts to examine the dynamic growth linkages among three major sectors; agriculture, industry and services of the Sri Lankan economy for the period 1960-2017. The variables used in this study are Agricultural GDP, Industrial GDP, Service GDP and Overall GDP. The data for the study are collected from the Central Bank Annual Report 2017. Graphical analysis including scatter plot, line graph, Confidence Ellipse and Nearest Neighbor fit are used to identify the basic features and the relationship between sectoral GDP series. Inter temporal correlation results show that there exists a high positive statistically significant correlation between all sectors GDP at 5 percent level. Unit root test results show that all GDP series are nonstationary. First difference of all log (GDPi) series are stationary. Engle-Granger (EG) co-integration test using fully modified OLS estimation provides evidence of long run equilibrium relationship between sectors. The results from ECM shows that the coefficient of error correction terms are statistically significant and had expected sign (negative) for all models, all sectors are positively related significantly even in the Short run. The diagnostic test results indicate that the results are robust. Granger causality tests indicate that Agriculture and Industrial Sector Granger cause economic growth significantly. It is also noted that overall economic growth Granger cause agriculture sector GDP. The investigation of causality analysis among sectors show that service and agriculture sectors are having two-way Granger causal relationship in the short run. In addition, Service sector Granger cause Industrial sector while Industrial Sector Granger cause Agricultural sector significantly. In contrast, Error correction term coefficient Granger causality indicator (ECT) shows that there is a significant causal relationship among sectors in the long run. Results indicate that agriculture sector Granger cause other sectors significantly and is base for livelihood for more people. Therefore, government needs to support agriculture sector to have stable overall economic growth. Empirical results indicate that all sectors are interlinked. However, study need to promote all sectors in effective and stable ways.
The effect of quality of e-Banking on consumer satisfaction (A Special reference of Kiribathgoda Town)
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Thilakarathne, K. M. D. M.; Ubesekara, K.K.S.U.I.; Udayanganee, K.G.L.; Wijeesingha, W.M.W.M.; Weerasinghe, R.D.S.K.
Sri Lankan banking industry has taken a new step forward in providing more services to its customers with the help at the world’s leading technology, which is commonly known as e-banking. The important thing is the qualitative E-banking is how long affect to the customer satisfaction. This research based on the problem that whether the e-banking provides a quality service. The main objective of this report is to study above problem on five factors. These are reliability, tangible, assurance, responsiveness and empathy. The study area is Kiribathgoda town which is one of semi-urban area. The research has chosen four banks including two state banks and two private banks. The researcher has selected 100 customers for the sample by the stratified random sampling technology. Primary data collected by using questionnaires and interweaves. Secondary data collected by using Annual reports articles and Journals. In this report researcher used regression analysis, Chai square test, Run test, Descriptive statistics method, Charts and table for data analysis. In conclusion this research convinces that Tangible, Assurance, Responsiveness, and Empathy factors are affect to the customer’s satisfaction and reliability is not. Updating latest information of E-banking service and taking actions to develop the reliability on E-banking services are suggestions of our research
The effectiveness of holding Advanced Level GIT examination in online
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Vithanawasam, K.; Lakshani, M.P.; Dharmarathna, R.G.R.T.; Weerakkody, W.C.L.; Herath, H.M.D.I.
This research discussed about the effectiveness of holding General Information Technology examination which is held for Advanced Level students in online. This is a computer related optional subject that has to be appeared by all the A/L candidates. The GIT examination had started in 2005, but it became compulsory in 2015. From 2005 to 2018 the GIT paper was held as a writing paper. But in 2019 the Examination Department has decided to hold the GCE A/L GIT examination as an Online pilot test. It was held from 11th of march 18th of march at 655 centers with the participation of 186,097 candidates. Two exam papers were given for 3hours. 10 extra minutes was granted as a loading time and paper should be answered according to the system. The candidates who got the admission for the GIT pilot examination 2019 were the population of the research and some candidates who got the admission for GIT pilot paper, were randomly selected from the western province . Finding whether the candidates have the basic computer literacy, the most effective method is either online paper or writing paper, issues that were occurred during the examination sessions and the effectiveness of holding the GIT paper as online paper continuously were the objectives of the research. The outcome of this research indicates that most of the students don’t have primary computer literacy even to operate a computer and they haven’t enough facilities to learn. Therefore, some students were afraid of facing the exam and some were even not participated. Moreover, some students were not able to face the examination properly due to some issues like power cutting and system errors. Finally, this research gives a conclusion that this online pilot paper wasn’t successful one without a proper preparation and it is better to hold the GIT examination as a written paper
The Effects of Foreign Grants and Foreign Debt on the Economic Growth in Sri Lanka: An Ardl Bounds Test Approach
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Arachchi, I. A. J. I.
Foreign grants (FG) and foreign debt (FD) are important sources to finance the development program in developing countries. The relative impact of FD and FG on economic growth has not been examined in Asia including Sri Lankan context. The aim of the study is to examine the impact of FD and FG on economic growth in Sri Lanka. The analysis was carried out for the period 1977 to 2017 using the variables, Gross domestic product (GDP), economic openness (MX), FG and FD. The data were collected from the annual report of Central Bank and all these variables are in constant prices. The Phillips-Perron unit root test results show that some variables are stationary at level and some variables are stationary their first difference. The GDP was used as proxy for economic growth. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Bounds test is employed to find out the long run equilibrium relationships between variables in the study. The ARDL bound test shows that there is a significant long run relationship between GDP and explanatory variables. FG affects GDP positively while FD does not affect statistically significantly in the long run. The results of error correction model estimation shows that the error correction term is significant and had negative sign which theoretically expected. The coefficient of the error correction term indicates that 23 percent of the disequilibrium error is corrected each year. This indicates that the response variable GDP moves towards long-run equilibrium path along with time. In the short run, FD and FG do not influence GDP significantly while LMX affects GDP significantly. Diagnostic tests attest that the results are robust. The CUSUM test confirms that the parameters are stable in the study period. In the Sri Lankan context, FG is favorable source compared to FD. FD has become a sensitive issue now in Sri Lanka as we need to large amount of repayment. Therefore, the government, policy makers need to design the policy regarding FD and FG considering the relative impacts of each variable
The Evolution of Export in Sri Lanka
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Lakshika, H. A. T.
An Export is a function of International trade. Exports are the goods and services produced in one country and purchased by residents of another country. Exports are a crucial component of a country’s economy, as the sale of such goods adds to the producing nation’s gross output. When considering about the Sri Lankan economy, Export is playing a major role with international trade. Since 1977, Sri Lankan closed economy had move to the open economy and to deals with the international trade. Sri Lanka’s main export industries are Knit or crochet clothing, accessories, Clothing ,accessories (not knit or crochet), Coffee, tea, spices, Rubber, rubber articles, Ships, boats, Gems, precious metals, Machinery including computers, Electrical machinery, equipments, Fish, Other chemical goods. Considering about Export of Sri Lanka in last years, according to annual report of central bank, the country’s export performance during the last four decades that have ensued has been disappointing. But in September of 2016, the exports in Sri Lanka increased 5.7 percent year- on-year to USD million. The object and research question of this explanation identify and discuss the evolution of export and how exports effect for the Sri Lankan economy. I referred secondary data such as Central bank reports, Magazines and Internet for this analysis
Fashion Trendings (Attitudes) Among Undergraduates (Reference to University of Kelaniya)
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.; Herath, H.P.C.N.; Hettiarachchi, H.A.N.D.; Hansini, S.G.L.O.; Gunarathna, D.D.Y.N.
Fashion is a communicational product. In easphepips, fashion has been defined as it is a collection of uppredicapevly (beautiful) ideas and according to history, fashion is a center of alter social trending, through the history. In the literature review, it was highlighted that many of the surveys have been based on women. There is a limited number of surveys which considered university students as the research field. Therefore, research problem is what is the opinion of the undergraduates in university of Kelaniya, towards the fashion trending. Is there any influence on the fashion selections, by the educational background of the undergraduates and does it vary between the various economic levels and fashion trending? Key objective is to finding out the social, economic and educational impact on the fashion trending of undergraduates. 80 undergraduates selected form the faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce and Management and Science using stratified sampling method used. Collecting data for Primary data is selected to using a questionnaire and secondary data obtained from the ICCMS and Academic Division. In order to present and analyze data the specified statistics soft wares such as SPSS, Excel and Minitab used. Several data analysis methods were used to present data analysis. Therefore, mean comparison test, multiple response cross tabulation table, correlation, regression analysis and chi square testing. It was possible to get a lot of findings on the data analysis. Many of undergraduates select clothes, Shoes and cosmetics as their fashion types. Few of undergraduates select bags and salon as their fashion types. There is a weak positive correlation between the monthly income and the expenditure on fashion. There is no relationship between time for fashion and time for education of undergraduates. Friends and the culture are the most external factors on focusing for fashion. 65% of undergraduates use technology for their fashion. There is no significant relationship between faculty & taste of fashions of undergraduates. We suggest organizing programs to improve the awareness of undergraduates on how important fashions in accordance with personality development and the undergraduates should be led to participate in the programs held by cultural centers in the university
Household Well-Being Ranking Tools’ Application in Local Context Sri LankaCase Study – A Section of Kelani Valley Railway Line
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.
The existing poverty monitoring system in Sri Lanka only measured up to the district level. It has been unable to meet the requirement of the government and other poverty intervention organizations for identifying the extremely poor households and evaluate the selected poverty interventions. However, the extreme poorest household is to be unrecoverable from their present level because they did not receive any assistance not only from the society but also from the responsible authorities. Another major issue arising with this measurement is considering only monetary dimensions of a household. Nowadays most developing countries tend to use the multidimensional well-being index to measure their individual well-being levels which can use for comparing up to international level. According to those reasons, this study is seeking a well-being measuring index to selected case study area and compare the different measurement and their applicability and limitations. To conduct this research, case study selected as Kelani Valley railway line either side household from baseline railway station to Cotta road railway station with 300 sample households. The developed index included 19 indicators and the survey questionnaire designed basing those indicators. With the analysis results, only 11 indicators are significance with the 0.05 level and with the significant indicators, the new index is derived. Furthermore, the derived index, peoples’ perceptions and existing poverty measurement modeling with linear regression (SPSS) and compared each model and indicators to find out the best tool for wealth ranking in the local context. Derived index and existing poverty measurement more significance with the 0.05 level. As the final conclusion though this research tends to intervene in a new well-being index with multi-dimensions the existing measurement more reliable than it. but the well-being index more correlates with the indicators than the existing measurement.so it is good to rethink the existing measurement improvement with new indicators and the monitor system can break down up to the local level which is more useful to knowing well-being levels as individuals or community.
Impact of Earning Quality on Firm’s Performance: An Empirical Study of Aitken Spence Travels Pvt Ltd
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Yohani, A.K.D.T.
The firm’s performance is a magnitude process that determines the future investment decisions and that firms’ persistence in the industry. This study undertaken to identify the significant impact of earning quality on firm’s performance of Aitken Spence Travels in Colombo Stock Exchange. Properly managed discretionary accruals always lead to high quality of earnings. Therefore it is essential to identify, what kind of impact that arises on earning quality will leads to the higher performance of the firm. The present study undertaken with the objective of find out the relationship between earning quality and firm’s performance of Aitken Spence Travels. This study used the secondary data for the period of 2008-2016, the sample consist a leading travel agency in Colombo stock exchange. The travel agency is Aitken Spence Travels Pvt Ltd. This study used correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis to measure the relationship between variables, individual and overall impact on firm’s performance and to test the operationally developed hypotheses. Earning quality determined according to the effect of accruals quality. In this research, discretionary accruals by developing it as an independent variable. And the Firms performance measured by return on asset and return on equality as a depent variable. The findings of this study reveals, there is a significant positive relationship with earning quality and return on quality and also there is a significant positive relationship with earning quality and return on assets. However, the above results provide information to understand the earning quality and how it impact on firms performance level in travel industry in Sri Lanka.
The Impact of Physical Work Environment on Job Satisfaction: The Perceptions of the Clerical Staff at the University of Kelaniya
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Hapuhinna, H. K. D. W. M. S. K.; Kumar, S.
The workforce within the service sector is rapidly increasing. Service sector employees spend much of their time in indoor office environments, which affect employee performance and employee wellbeing. Nonetheless, little empirical evidence is available from Sri Lanka to demonstrate the link between the physical work environments and job satisfaction. The present study is conducted to identify the different elements of the workspace and their association with job satisfaction. The environment comfort model postulates that environmental comfort can be conceptualised to include the three aspects, physical, functional and psychological comfort. Physical comfort is the minimal level of comfort required, followed by functional and psychological comfort in affecting employee satisfaction. Thus, the model is hierarchical in nature. Demographic characteristics of employees are expected to affect perceptions of comfort. The investigation was carried out through two studies, using qualitative and quantitative approaches. University of Kelaniya was selected as the study site and clerical and allied grade employees were selected as the population for both studies. Focus group discussions were used for data collection and relative levels of comfort for the three aspects were assessed. The highest satisfaction was with physical comfort, followed by functional and psychological comfort, which is consistent with the hierarchical nature of the environmental comfort model. The study used stratified random sampling. Demographic characteristics affected experiences of comfort; specifically, results showed male respondents reported higher environmental satisfaction than female employees. The results indicated a significant relationship between physical work environment and job satisfaction, but not with functional and psychological comfort. The findings were generally supportive of the environmental comfort model. The results support the hierarchical nature of environmental comfort and the significance of physical comfort in the job satisfaction of employees. The study highlights through qualitative data that all three levels of comfort are nevertheless important. The implications of the findings to managerial applications are also discussed.
Impact of the Ragging Session on the Academic Performance of Undegraduates: With Reference to the University of Kelaniya
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Shashikala, S.D.A.; Gayeshani, E.A.K.; Navodya, L.M.G.; Rathnamalala, R.B.I.V.; Dilini, A.M.
Ragging has become a major concern of society today. Ragging is a disturbing reality in the higher education system of our country. Despite the fact that over the years ragging has claimed hundreds of innocent lives and has ruined careers of thousands of bright students because in this research. Our objectives are find the actual prevalence of ragging in Sri Lankan Universities, to find the relationship between participation in ragging religion and gender and to find the effect of ragging on academic performance. For accomplishing the objectives the sample of 100 students who can read and write Sinhala and English languages. Students were included 1st year and 2nd year in faculty of social science, faculty of humanities, faculty of management and faculty of science in university of Kelaniya. Twelve male students and thirteen female students were included each faculty and each year. We hope to collect data by giving them a questionnaire and by a face to face discussion. We hope to take more female students than male students and more buddhist students than other religions. Because they are the most in University of Kelaniya. The results of this research based on quota sample method and we don’t use faculty of medical and faculty of computer and technology We use descriptive methods for analysis data those are Central Tendency, Correlation, Regression Analysis (Freehand Method), Scatter Plot Diagrams. Our expected outcome is Ragging is impact for Academic performance of undergraduates. Specially there will be more boys being ragging than girls in the university ragging process.by comparing faculties there is a high incidence of ragging in the faculty of management and faculty of Art
Nexus of Tourism and Economi Fluctuations in Srilanka
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Jayakody, J. A. M. B.
This is study of exploring the nexus between tourism and economic growth in Sri Lanka. Using the annually statics of central bank report. Tourism industry has become the reason for rapid growth in every economy. "A tourist is as an individual who for leisure or other purposes, temporarily leaves the place of residence for being hosted in a destination, activating successive economic effects that are worth investigating,” The objective of this is to explore two main elements of Sri Lankan economy. Those are Tourism and Economic growth in Sri Lanka during the period of 1977 - 2018. The is study obtained the relationship between economic growth and tourism earning during 1977-2018. These two variable have long term relationship. As a result of that which is causality between economic growth and tourism earning. Where economic growth only causes to tourism earnings not the other way around. Economic growth hypothesis in the phase of development since the priority of the tourism earnings had been understood only a few years ago. Due to the domestic war situation in the last years until 2009. Sri Lankan economy had become the upper economic growth rate in last years because of the Tourism industry. Easter day attack was the current affect to the economy. That is the affect for the economic growth of Sri Lanka. Obtain of this study of Sri Lankan Economic development that tourism should guide to economic growth in the future. The relationship measured by secondary data. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data and it revealed that there was a significant impact of tourism earnings on economic growth in Sri Lanka
Preservation of Films as Cultural Heritage of a Nation (Special Reference to Sri Lankan Film Industry)
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Ruwanpathirana, I.
Film is a collective art form, the cinema is a highly synthesized art. It is incorporated with music, dancing, drama, poetry, literature, sculpting, interior designing, painting, martial arts and many other different expressions of human totality. And it communicates through visuals and sounds. Visual is dominant and the sound comes next. What are these visuals and what are these sounds? That’s nothing else, these are the visuals of what we see in our day today lives and what we here every day or these are something we dream, imagine. Films have documented this world for more than one hundred and twenty years. Filmmakers have captured how generations of people have lived, worked, and dreamed. Then the cinema is seemed to be a modern electronic chronicle which is successfully recorded all the complexities, paradoxes, lineal developments or downfalls of country’s human being. Sri Lanka has produced around more than 1310 main stream films & large amount of documentaries and news reels. And Sri Lanka is acclaimed for generating internationally demarcated film makers and their awarded films But Sri Lanka still doesn’t have at least one proper film archive. Forming a film archive is still an unsolved problem in Sri Lanka. The objectives of this study are investigating the existing film preservation practice in Sri Lanka and emphasize the importance of film preservation for a country as their nation heritage. This research was conducted as a desk study. This study has articulated number of secondary data. These materials have sufficiently been utilized for the paper. Preliminary data have been gathered by using personal interviews and did one case study in order to study some important areas of the research. It was found by this study that Sri Lanka does not have a state controlled technically organized system for film preservation. Since the country does not have a national film archive, this entity has been recognized as a lucrative commercial zone by the private entrepreneurship. Initially they were film enthusiastic people and film collectors who did not have a sufficient knowledge or the technology for preservation
Search for the sports role models: an investigation into the sports role models of the University of Kelaniya
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Rajapaksha, R. P. D. D.; Wehigaldeniya, D.S.; Abeykoon, A. M. S. J. P.; Bandaranayaka, R.W. B. M. D. M.
This study was driven for identifying major type of Sport Role Models who influence Sport Participation. Trough, a reviewing of the theoretical background, the major types of Roles Models who faithful for increases Sport Participation were identified. In this study, aimed to find out if the inspirational role had an impact on the motives of university athletes, to start with their sport, to stay in the sport or increase commitment for training and competition to become an elite athlete. An analysis was done using a frequency distribution focusing on 100 student who participate actively in any sport in University of Kelaniya. As well as retrospective method was used to interpret the result of this study. According to Students, their Parents act as Role Model to make sacrifices for the sport. It is the highest in 23.4 %. In addition, friendship contribution act as a Role Model to Sport has begun to increase dramatically. It is mentioned as 22. %. Coaches contribute on Sport Participation Trough Find out daily sports participation. It means that continuous attendance / Retain in sport of the participant continually observed by Coaches 21.6%. Sport Stars contributes and act as Role Model for observers changing behaviour. Particularly way of playing of the participant in sport has been highly influenced by Sport Stars. It is symbolized as 36.15%. This study expands the Knowledge on Sport Role Models and Sport Participation. It also highlights the involvement of various Role Models at each stage to enhance the sports participation of university players. This observation may help to researchers who willing to conduct Sport Role Models and Sport participation and this research has potential to use as a Sport participation development programs particularly University of Kelaniya
Self-Sustain Solid Waste Management With “Bothal Paththare” Method A Comparative Study Between Traditional And Modern Resource Recovery Methods In Rathnapura
(5th National Conference on Applied Social Statistics (NRCASS) - 2019, Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Gunarathna, D. D. W. N.
Solid waste is one of major problems in present world. The solid waste can be basically categorized in to two components, they are Bio degradable and non-bio degradable materials. Estimating the negative effects from the two components, the Bio degradable materials is not a huge problem but Generate and product non-bio degradable solid waste is the category which create massive problem to the environment. Most of individuals and organizations have the habit of composition bio degradable materials. For the non-bio degradable materials recover, reuse and recycling are the most fitted solutions. In present context there are lots of companies using the method of recycling for the purpose of private profits and in those companies the most important step is collect and recover the materials. In various country there are different techniques used for collect and recover the materials. Most of the methods introduced by local authorities by using the powers of the authorities and imposing regulations. In Sri Lankan the system is bit different, the birth of the system happened in the same market mechanism. The price ranges will depend according to the demand and supply of the make. This method is called “Bothal Paththare”. Most of the towns in the Sri Lanka have the system “Bothal Paththare’. This method is self-sustain and new trends have been spread by local authorities with the private partnership in collect and recovery recyclable materials and solid waste management projects. But that is not self-sustain. This study emphasis on the importance of the self-sustain system of “Bothal Paththare” for recover and collect for recyclable.