At this present time, there is a great opportunity to take higher level of education in private sector universities in Bangladesh. At present, there are 38 public and 85 private universities are functioning their academic activities in Bangladesh. Private sector university has offered both bachelors and masters level programs in the fields of business, arts, social sciences and science and engineering in that order. Now a day's, around 4,63,767 both home and international students are getting the education from private universities in different programs but a huge number of students did not attend in the class regularly. In spite of class irregularities they are getting the chance to take part in final examinations. Most of the private universities did not properly maintain students class regularities. To identify the major affecting factors for class irregularities of private university students are the main objectives of the study. The findings of the study may help to the related authority to develop such policy to make sure class regularities in the private universities. Survey and interview research techniques were used for data collection of this study. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics were used to explain the class irregularities of private university students while inferential statistics such as, Factor analysis was used to identify the factors that are highly affecting class regularities of private universities and multiple regression analysis was used to explain that the relationship between identified factors and class irregularities. Findings show that there are seven factors are immensely affecting class regularities of the private university in Bangladesh. The identified factors are Certificate necessity and disinterested to acquire knowledge, Inadequate physical facilities in individual department such as classrooms, seminar library, and computer lab, Teachers did not take class regularly and come in the class lately and out early, Teachers are biased in different aspects of political matter, gift and money etc, Engagement of full-time job and private tuition of students, Insufficiency of transports, indoor and outdoor sports and recreational facilities and University taught traditional and old syllabus. Multiple Regression Analysis shows that the identified factors are significantly related to the class irregularities in private universities of Bangladesh. This study suggests that if there is a change in identified factors, there will be changed in the class irregularities of private universities in Bangladesh.

Index Terms: Bangladesh, Private University Students, Factors Associate, Class Irregularities.

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2250-3153