Abstract:
Challenges of the past five years of services of the student organizations of the field of Arts, South
Eastern University of Sri Lanka have included a number of effective projects and services but during
the Covid-19 period there have been various changes in the efficient functioning of these systems.
Various efforts are being made to better carry out their activities even during this extraordinary
period. In this context, the study aims to identify the problems faced by student organizations in the
field of Arts at South eastern University during the Covid-19 period and to identify alternatives they
have adopted to advance their projects. Further qualitative data in this study were obtained from the
primary data interview. The study is based on officially registered organizations focusing on students
in the Faculty of Arts and Culture, Faculty of Islamic Studies and the Arabic Language. The study
was conducted with the participation of 12 persons who were in 4 key posts in the student
organizations Muslim Majlis, Student Research Forum for Social Researches, Union, Indu ma
manrem and Tamil Sangam. Data were then collected through interviews with the president,
Ssecretary, treasurer and editor. This interview was based on the Covid-19 extraordinary
circumstance in which phone calls and queries were made on Watchtower and data were collected as
short notes and voice recordings. After voice recordings were converted into texts. These voice
recordings were analyzed using a coding method. Secondary data were obtained from literary
reviews of research articles, conventions, books, journals, and the Web sites. The study finds that the
activities of these organizations in Covid - 19 face a number of technical, economic, administrative,
social and psychological challenges and that they have continued to operate in the midst of such
challenges. The study also focuses on how such organizations, such as Covid-19, can provide some
advice on how to best carry out their activities during the extraordinary period of time and assist
management in managing such systems in the future.
