Abstract:
The study focuses on how individual factors affect students’ involvement in Extra Curricular
activities at the university. Primary data are collected through a Questionnaire from 100
undergraduates selected using Systematic Sampling from 2nd & 3rd Years of the Management
Faculty, University of Kelaniya. Hypotheses are tested using the critical value approach and the
p-Value approach using the PHStat software of MS Excel. It is concluded that there is no
association between the individual factors - gender, ethnicity, religion, school attended, home
town and family income level, where as there is an association between relationship status of
undergraduates and involvement in extracurricular activities. Further, it is needed to investigate
whether extracurricular activities available at university develop the employable undergraduate
required by the world of work. As otherwise it is no point in continuing student engagement in
them as they do not develop anything for the benefit of them and the society.
