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Table 1: Responses from each university

University Professor Senior Lecturer Grand Total
Lecturer
Colombo 1 5 - 6
Jaffna 2 4 - 6

Kelaniya 2 4 2 8
Moratuwa 3 10 1 14

OUSL 1 2 1 4
Peradeniya 2 2 1 5

Rajarata - 2 - 2
Ruhuna 3 9 6 18
Sabaragamuwa - 3 1 4

South Eastern - 2 - 2
Sri Jayewardenepura 2 3 3 8

Uva-Wellassa - 1 6 7
Wayamba - 3 1 4
Grand Total 16 50 22 88

Source: Survey data

Results and Discussion

As illustrated in Table 1, 88 academics have responded to the questionnaire representing state

universities. The sample represents 18% are professors, and 56% are senior lecturers. Accordingly, the
majority of the responded academics are senior staff of the university system. The involvement of the

senior staff in the survey has increased the trustworthiness of the result.

Figure 1: Positions held related to QA activities

According to Figure 1, 85% of the respondents have been involved with QA activities by being a
member of CQA, IQAC, Programme Review, Institutional Review, etc. Therefore, all the respondents

are supposed to have a good idea of the QA process in Sri Lankan HEIs. Therefore, according to Table
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