The Level of Factors Influencing on Students’ Absenteeism and Dropout in Eastern University, Sri Lanka.

Abstract

One major issue that Universities are currently facing and seeing little or no improvement with effectively dealing with student absenteeism and dropout. This study is investigated the level of factors influencing on student absenteeism and dropout in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. A Convenience sampling method is used to select participants for this study. A quantitative approach is used in this study. Accordingly, data are collected using a questionnaire, designed in a Likert’s scale method. This study is limited to students who are in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. This research is investigated the level of factors influencing on students’ absenteeism and dropout in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. In this study, five variables are used to measure the level of factor influencing on student absenteeism and dropout.

To attain the objectives, the quantitative method is used and data are collected through questionnaires. A total of 200 questionnaires are distributed to students who were in Eastern University, Sri Lanka for further analysis. The data are analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings exhibited that, financial related factors are highly influence on student absenteeism and dropout in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. Compare with other factors it is indicated that most of the students are absence to the lectures and dropout from the Eastern University, Sri Lanka because of financial problem.