Abstract:
In the higher education context in Sri Lanka, government universities have a greater
responsibility to produce more productive and effective undergraduates to society. The higher
education system's quality disrupted, caused by the student's engagement with student union
activities. In that case, the government, university administration, and society suffer from poor
knowledgeable and unskilled undergraduates passing out from government universities. In
this research study, the researcher investigates major four factors; family background of the
undergraduates, university environment, difficulties faced by the undergraduates and
undergraduate's sports involvement in university, which significantly cause student union
engagement in national universities. It was found that, family background, university
environment, difficulties faced by the undergraduates and sports participation of the
undergraduate's influence towards students’ involvement in university politics. Ultimately,
union involvement significantly impacts the undergraduate's academic performance, which
was confirmed by results generated through the omnibus model of the test. The findings of
this study provide insights for university administration, parents, and primary and secondary
school teachers to generate more productive and effective undergraduates through national
universities in Sri Lanka.
