Masters Theses - Faculty of Social Sciences
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Item මව්වරුන් විදේශගත වීම ළමා අපයෝජන කෙරෙහි ඇති කරන බලපෑම - (පඬුවස්නුවර නැගෙනහිර ප්රාදේශීය ලේකම් කොට්ඨාශය ඇසුරෙන්)(2021) Samarasinghe, D.W.O.SThe current study was focused on the impact of emigration of mothers on the child abuse of the people who live in Divisional Secretariat Division, Panduwasnuwara East. The child abuse is a social problem which is discussed often within the society. Even though there are high rules and regulation against the child abuse, in society, it is continuously happening and is an over whelming problem which is not having a permanent solution. Also any child is possible to get abused by any person at any time. Further, it can be identified as emigration of mothers is a fact which has an impact on that type of abuse. Especially, this situation is increased in rural areas and it can be identified as a “hidden crime” which is not disclosed to the society. Child abuse can be described as physically harassing a child, killing, threatening to kill or using the children for sexual satisfaction and also not giving love and affectionate for the child. Accordingly, the main problem of the current study was how the emigration of mothers can impact on child abuse while identifying the impact on child abuse was the main objective. It can be hypothesized that immigration of mothers will caused to increase the child abuse. This study was a descriptive cross sectional study and the data were collected by using a mixed method. Twenty of abused male and female children aged from 4-17 years who belong to emigrated families which included to 36 of gramaseva divisions in Divisional secretariat panduwasnuwara-East in kurunegala district, north western province selected as study population. From this study, it was able to identify that there are lot of problems within the emigrated families. Those families are endowed the abuse children for the society as a result of not having inter relationships within the family. Moreover, majority of families which having emigrated mothers were identified as “broken families” and also identified that an unprotected situation for the children is created due to emigration of their mothers. The study was concluded that the children whose mothers are emigrated, have faced to different abuses due to the problems about their guardianship.Item Information product and information service marketing in the university libraries in Sri lanaka : Investigation of issues and challenges(2020) Sewwandi, H.K.I.Libraries and information centers are not the profit-making organizations, but they are information and service providers. The concept of marketing captures not only the buying and selling for monetary purpose but also the fulfillment of organizational objectives effectively in non-profit organizations which constantly and inextricably linked to meeting its client's information needs. Marketing performances in the field of library and information science includes in planning, organizing, dissemination, and controlling of information products and services through motivational and user convenience way. As a result of marketing these organizations should be able to achieve their aims while satisfying their customers and fulfilling their information needs as well as wants. Academic libraries such as university libraries represent as a “heart” of the learning organization. However, in the literature it is reported that university libraries face many difficulties and there were many failures in providing the information sources and services to their users. It is therefore important to identify how the concept of marketing can be used in the university libraries effectively. This study therefore aims to identify the barriers and challenges faced in marketing information products and information services in university libraries in Sri Lanka. The objectives of this study are to identify information sources, information products, and information services in university libraries, to identify the current status of information product and information service marketing in university libraries and to identify strategies to use for information marketing in university libraries. The mixed research methodology has been used as a research methodology of this study while case research method has been used a research strategy. The study sample consisted of 15 state university librarians in Sri Lanka and 300 users, 20 from each university library. A total respondent of this study includes 315.Structured questionnaires were distributed to gather data for this study. Data analysis was carried out with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). This study identified barriers in the marketing of information products and services in university libraries such as lack of professional human resources with marketing knowledge, lack of recognition for libraries in the society/organization, ignorance of the activities of staff in one section of the library, and lack of understanding of the importance of public relations in the library. Inadequacy, lack of computer literacy among staff, readers' lack of attention to library resources, lack of a clear picture of the library in society, limited media access, lack of proper marketing policy for library management, and lack of government support are among the major challenges identified by this research Overall marketing of information products and information services in the university libraries of Sri Lanka were not at a satisfactory level. Based on the data analysis of this study, a conceptual model has been developed to use as the successful implementation of information marketing in university libraries.Item දේශීය වෛද්ය විද්යාවේ වාචික සම්ප්රදායගත ඥාන සම්ප්රේෂණය : කුරුණෑගල දිස්ත්රික්කය ඇසුරින්(2020) Herath, D. M. S. K.The foremost intention of conducting the research on “The knowledge transmission of the indigenous medicine through the oral tradition with special reference to the Kurunegala district” was to identify the role of oral tradition in transmitting the knowledge of the indigenous medicine. In addition, there were several purposes such as identifying and defining the oral tradition, identifying the nature of public consciousness on oral tradition and indigenous medicine, identifying the studying methods regard to the indigenous medicine and detecting the features of the traditional, oral methods regard to the preparation of indigenous medicine. The sample was selected only from the registered traditional specialists (physicians) in Kurunegala district, due to the limited access to an island wide basis. All these participants are superiors on the respected subject, and it was expected to achieve a fair generalization over the research. The method which has been used for the study was the ethnographic research method. There were several methods which have been used for collecting data in order to accomplish the purpose of the study including semi-structured questionnaires, supplementary interviews, and observation. The supplementary interviews were conducted with the above-mentioned selected sample in Kurunegala district. The size of the sample was not pre-defined, and data was collected through semi-structured questionnaires with the sample until the researcher arrives to the data saturation point along with the relevant process. The method which has been used to select the sample was the purposive sampling method. The researcher was able to reach the data saturation point once sharing 50 questionnaires and conducting the supplementary interviews with the same count. Therefore, the sample size can be defined as 50. Findings were verified by the data which was obtained by the secondary sources in the literature review. The key finding of the study is that the oral tradition has been played a vital role in transmitting the knowledge of indigenous medicine in the past and it is still playing a considerable role in the same aspect.Item EVALUATE THE USAGE OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN SRI LANKA: A CITIZEN’S PERSPECTIVE(2020) Dilinika, J.M. ShalaniInformation Communication Technology (ICT) has become a key factor to decide all activities in society. It has changed the shape of organizations, societies, and services across the world. According to that, information and communication technology for public administration has led the way to e-government. It makes an easy platform for citizens to find information effectively while saving its accuracy. Sri Lankan government has introduced the “E- Sri Lanka National Development” project in the year 2005 and the Sri Lanka government web portal was the central place of the same implementation. The research was focused to identify the factors that are affecting the usage of e-government services among citizens in Sri Lanka. The main objective of the study was to identify the citizens’ current usage of e-government applications in Sri Lanka. The sample of the study includes internet users of Sri Lanka and the sample consisted of 384 individuals. Both qualitative and quantitative methods have been employed in this research and data was gathered by distributing printed and online questionnaires. The result of the study shows that usage of e-government service was not at a satisfactory level and awareness of e-government service had a direct impact on its usage. Moreover, lack of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions and citizens' attitudes also had a direct impact on the usage of e-government services. The study was able to identify major challenges for citizen participation in egovernment services such as the absence of proper awareness, trust, insufficient infrastructure, information literacy skills, slow internet connections and attitude based issues. In this context, the study proposes three types of suggestions which can be categorized into citizens’ related suggestions, technical suggestions, and organization related suggestions . E.g.: Conducting systematic awareness programs and workshops, re-engineering e-government web portal, improve computer literacy skills and improve service quality to build positive attitudes on e-government services. Conclusively it was evident that e-government services can be further developed in the context of Sri Lanka to get the maximum utilization among citizens.Item ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නව මාධ්ය ව්යාප්තිය හා බෙදී යාමේ අසමානතාව(2019) Wimalasiri, B. H. DThe proliferation of new media has resulted in a rapid growth in the current society due to the promotion of new technology. However, there is no equilibrium in that division. Jan Van Dijk defines that discrepancy as the gap between those who have access to computers and the Internet and those who don't. Based on this factor, this research study was conducted on the topic of ‘New Media dissemination and digital divide in Sri Lanka’ for the completion of the Master of Social Science Degree. The research problem here was, what factors affecting for the new media dissemination and digital divide in Sri Lanka’. This study was carried out on the hypothesizing that although there was a rapid increase in the new media dissemination, there was a discrepancy in its distribution. In this study, the data collection method was the quantitative method through the structured close-ended questioner for five selected districts while making a list from the highest population to lowest population in district wise then selected each sixth district for the data collection. The sample size was 200 by equally dividing to each district as forty for a district. This study research method was the quantitative method. The main implication of this study is that there is a discrepancy in the distribution of new media in Sri Lanka due to the inconsistencies of the access of usage. The hypothesis was made in this study that although the rapid growth of the new media distribution has been observed in society, there has been an irregularity in its divided. Thus, it can be concluded that the discrepancy is a major factor in creating a global divide. Hence information gap, knowledge gap, and income gap are mainly influenced by the creation of the gap between who have and haven’t of new media.Item Essential Information Communication Technology Competencies of Library Information Assistants (LIA) in University Libraries in Sri Lanka(2019) Kumara, G.C.With a view of identifying which factors contribute into the effective use of ICT two research objectives were set. One objective is to identify the technology competencies in carrying out duties by Library Information Assistants (LIAs) at academic libraries in Sri Lanka. And the other objective is to see whether there is a gap in their skills, that hinder them accessing to available ICT based resources. In this study, quantitative survey was conducted at six universities. A printed questionnaire (Appendix II) was distributed directly among Library Information Assistants (LIAs) attached to libraries of University of Colombo, University of Kelaniya, University of Moratuwa, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, University of Visual and Performing Arts and the Open University of Sri Lanka. Out of 159 questionnaires distributed, 129 Library Information Assistants (LIAs) responded/completed questionnaires which reached the response rate to 81%. Statistical Package for social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. After the data collection an optimum research model was applied to the results obtained and these results have been entered into the SPSS to analyze the results. In this study, researcher identified that there is a strong relationship between respondents' English knowledge with core technology competencies. In addition to that there is a significant relationship respondents' service experience with core technology competencies and there is a relationship between respondents' service period with core technology competencies. Therefore, the researcher strongly recommends recruiting new LIAs with a high proficiency in English and considering their abilities to work in English speaking environments. In addition, this study has drawn policy implications and attention on how important it is to teach English at primary and secondary level school education and university undergraduate levels in order to have optimum use of ICT.Item විඥ්ඥාණය පිළිබඳ පාලි මුලාශ්රගත ඉගැන්වීම් සහ යෝගාචාර.(2017) Sobhitha Thero, Karapikkada.he prime objective of the research "A Comparative Study of Teaching of Pali Resources and Yogiiciira Idealism" is to do a comparative study on Early Buddhist Theory of Idealism and l'ogiiciira Idealism. In this dissertation, the idealism depicted in Western and Eastern philosophies, pre Buddhist era, contemporary period, early Buddhism and Yogiiciira tradition have been studied. The dissertation has been categorized into five chapters. The first chapter of the research was dedicated to study about the idealism depicted in Eastern and Western philosophies including schools of idealism in Western Philosophy, Vedic Idealism, Upanishad Idealism, Siinkyans' Idealism, Vaisheshikiis' Idealism and idealistic trends at the time of the Buddha. The second Chapter of the dissertation elucidated the Idealism in early Buddhism. Here, it has mentioned about the process of Cilia. Mano and Vi11liiina as well as its influence to general process of perception and existence of life after death. Theraviida teaching of bhavanga cilia. cuti cilia, Antariibhava, patisandhi citta, Abhidhammic teaching of cilia, cilia viti and san'atil'da Idealism have been included in the third chapter. The fourth chapter of the dissertation basically studied about the Yagiiciira idealism. The chapter starts with the introduction to the Yogiiciira Idealism while explaining the germs of Idealism. Subsequently, there mentioned about A/aya Vinniina, germs of A/aya Vinniina, process of A/aya vinniina, Viisanii. Hetu pariniima, Pha/a pariniima, thought inclined Alaya vi/iliiina, object and l/ambhana of A/aya vinniina, cessation of A/aya vinliiina, different opinions of A/aya vinliiina in different Buddhist Schools, A/aya vinniina and Manana vinniina, A/ya vinnna and pravurti l'iiiiiiina etc. In the last chapter, it has comparatively studied the early Buddhist idealism and l'ogiiciira idealism. In this regard, it studied the effect of consciousness for the perception with reference to the early Buddhism and Yagiiciira Idealism and investigated about the germs that affected for the origin of Idealism both in early Buddhism and Yogiiciira Idealism. At the same time. the research focused to compare and contrast the teaching of samasaric existence, cessation of Viii/liina, and bovwiga cilia depicted both early Buddhism and Yagiiciira School.Item සංචාරක ව්යාපාරය විෂයෙහි ගාලු කොටුවේ වැදගත්කම.(2017) Prasadini, D.C.In this study the tourism 111 the Galle Fort is concerned. When eonsidcring international tourism in Sri Lanka. the Galle Fort has got the first place. In that attractive places in Galle Ii:m which is a special place with archaeological values has obtained a special place. Because of this the tourism project operated close to Galle is operated. At this point historical and physical surroundings are given in bricf. The attention is givcn to the causes Illl' the attractions of tourists and the facilities supplied Ii:lr thcm. As wcll the beneficial values the Galle Fort gets arc gIven In that economical. social. religious and cultural affairs arc mentioncd. At this moment the developing opportunities in tourism are also mentioned.Item THE IMPACT OF MONETARY POLICY ON THE MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN SRI LANKA.(2017) LALANI, J.M.G.Central Bank of Sri Lanka sets price stability and economIc stability as its mam monetary policy objective goal. Review of past empirical works reveals that no study has examined the impact of monetary policy shocks on macroeconomic variables, using a UVAR framework with context to Sri Lanka. This study attempts to identify the various factors of monetary policy affect on macroeconomic performance in Sri Lanka. Specific objectives are to examine the impact of monetary policy on economic growth, inflation and to identify the solutions for mitigating the lack of macroeconomic performance in Sri Lanka.To that end; researcher uses a five variable unrestricted VAR model by utilizing quarterly time series data over the period 1978 2015 in order to focus on the impact on small open economy. Real Gross Domestic Product and Colombo Consumer Price Index were used as non-policy variables. Broad money supply, interbank call market rate and exchange rate were used as potential monetary policy indicators. Impulse response functions and variance decompositions are employed to capture the impact of monetary policy on the economic growth and inflation. Impulse response for the model with average call money market rate presents theoretically consistent results for output and inflation. Broad money supply presents theoretically consistent with output and inflation only for some periods. One standard deviation exchange rate appreciation has a positive effect on output only for some periods which indicate theoretical inconsistency. Negative impact on economic growth rate shows theoretical consistency of the estimated results only for some periods. One standard deviation exchange rate appreciation has a significant effect on reducing inflation, in 71h_1 Olh quarter following the shock. A shock on economic growth rate, average call market rate and exchange rate it will have 79%, 16% and 3% variation of the fluctuation in economic growth rate. A shock to economic growth rate will have 96% of variation of the fluctuation in the inflation rate. At 5% significant level price level, money supply, average call rate and exchange rate can't jointly cause for econ2mic growth rate. Economic growth rate and growth of money supply are most important variable of deciding inflation rate.Item Political Changes in Sri Lanka from 1915 – 1931(2016) Ihalagedara, I.R.G.D.J.K.The main objective of this research is to examine the political changes which took place in Sri Lanka during the period from 1915 to 1931. In this study, a special attempt is made to examine the nature of the provincial leadership and the activities of provincial organization which had not been covered by previous studies. The period between 1915 and 1931 is a decisive period in the political and constitutional history of the country. The aftermath of the Sinhala-Muslim riots of 1915, particular the serve suppressive policy adopted by the Colonial Government resulted in a change of the attitude of the local leadership towards the policy of the British Government. The local leaders were convinced that they must unite and organize themselves and needed a strong political organization in order to with their demands. The main result of this tendency was the establishment of the Ceylon National Congress. The national movement of Sri Lanka was centered around the Ceylon National Congress since its establishment.In this study an attempt was made to examine two main research problems: (a) Was the political reform movement at the time concerned mainly with the needs and the interests of the elite class or not? (b) Were there local leaders and organizations who participated In or contributed to the political reform movement? This study makes it clear that the elite class was not the decisive factor in making political changes during the relevant period. It is true that the social elite took the leadership of the Ceylon National Congress. But there were many organizations which did not accept the thinking and the line of action of the Ceylon National Congress. Their activities were able to strengthen the anti-British struggle in Sri Lanka. However, it is not intended here to underestimate the role played by the Ceylon National Congress in the national struggle because it was based on the concept of collective Sri Lanka identity. Historical research methodology was used in this study and both primary source and secondary source were consulted.