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ronment. Schools choose this pilot program is in many locations and those located in rural areas are targeted upon. In the Computerization Program, computer lab were built in the schools and were fully equipped with the latest computer and internet connection. The first stages of the program are involved 18 schools in six selected states and 2,400 schools were selected in the second stage. At the February of 2003, about 45% of the labs have been finished.

There was an issue related to the usage of internet by university students. Most of the students at university are using internet to completing their assignment or search more information about their related courses. The expanding usage of E-learning to the university students may also expand the usage of internet. But there still some students claim that they may not use E-learning as their academic purposes, rather they go to library, discuss with their colleagues and friends to understand the existing problem raises to their courses. Besides that, some students are less using the internet because they claim that they have no experience towards the internet and they have not much skill towards the usage of internet. University students choose to use internet when they have discover the importance of internet services for example online discussion, forum and so on. The problem exists, that were why some students may use the internet frequently but some may not? What are the main factors that may drive the students towards the usage of internet? For this research, we may determine the factors that may affect the usage of internet and find whether those factors will affecting the usage of internet.

1.2 Problem Statement

The past researches have been conducted to understand the important factors of usage of internet by students. But yet, the factors that affect the students to use the internet still existing and most of this factors are just cover by certain researcher. Yet, this research paper will determine the relationship between usage of internet as a learning tool and the stated factors. The outcome of this research showed a comprehensively integrated framework for us to understand the dynamic relationships among gender differences, attitudes toward internet, E-learning usage, speed of internet access and importance of internet services.

1.3 Research Problem

This research has been done to examine and understand the factors that affect students to use internet in University Malaya. Besides that, we also inquisitive the most important factor that would influence the students to use the internet during their university life time. Through this study, we can discover the reason of why certain students may not use internet although internet access are available.

The research problem is formulated as:

“Factor that affecting the usage of internet by students from University Malaya.”

1.4 Research Objective

The first objective of this study is to determine the relationships among three independent variables which are independent learning attitude, knowledge of internet, peer influence and gender, would significantly affect the usage of internet.