Name of the department:A                          ENGLISH 

2. Year of Establishment: 1992

History:

The English Department is one of the oldest departments of Duliajan Girls’ College. The department had a humble beginning in the year 1992 when the college was established. There was an enrolment of 183 students in the H.S level and 11 students in the Degree level that year. Initially, classes were taken up by founder lecturer Mrs. Indira Baruah, who joined the institution in Sepetember 1992 and guest lecturer Prof. A. Khanikar who served a short stint in the department from 1992 to May 1993. Mrs. Umi Goswami joined the department in August 1993 and served as lecturer upto March 2001. The Department of English has been enriched by the dedicated services rendered by Ms. A. Goswami (February 1997 to April 1997) and Mrs. Bandana Chaliha (August 2003 to December 2003).

          Presently the department consists of a team of four dedicated teachers. The English Department is headed by Mrs. Jayashree Baishya who joined the College on August 12^th, 1997. The other teachers of the department are Mr. Rakesh Borkotoky, who joined the department in 2001, Mrs. C.M. Hazarika in 2004 and Ms. Punu Begum in August 16^th , 2014.

          The Department attained significance with the introduction of the Hons. /Major course in English in 1999. There has been no looking back since then as students have performed satisfactorily and enabled the department to achieve academic progress.

Details of Infrastructural facilities:

• Library:
• The English Department has its own personal library. A good number of books are made available to the students and teachers for easy reference. The books serve as reference books and are not issued to the students. The Central Library provides enough facilities for the teachers and students of the college. 

1. 200 Nos. of books(Departmental Library)
2. Question Papers (of previous Examinations): Yes
3. e-books (CD&DVD format) are available : NIL
4. College Library: 996(Books) 1( Journal)

 Total :    1496 books are available for students and faculty members.

• Internet facilities for Staff & Students :  Yes
• Class room with ICT facility                    :  Yes 
• Laboratory             :   Nil

STRENGTH:

  Strength of the department depends on the following fields:

Sincere teachers working with complete dedication.

The teachers carry out need analysis to solve the problems of students in the UG level regarding English language as they have come mostly from vernacular medium schools and are not acquainted with it. Methods for aiding the students in acquiring the language skills are done by the teachers.

As the students are economically backward and socially deprived and teachers personally help them in fulfilling their needs with books and other items as well as by counseling them.

The department has a newsletter to update the students. 

The teachers apply various innovative teaching techniques

The faculty members are dedicated, competent and can cope with changing demands of the course curriculum.

1. Academic: Departmental results of students being satisfactory. Alumni of the department are successful in their careers and are placed in good positions in services.
2. Students’ enrolment: Students’ enrolment is high.

• ICT: Projectors are used during PowerPoint presentations and seminars of students. Laptops are used for audio-visual display in classrooms.

1. Infrastructure: There is a well equipped department including departmental library, book bank, and electronic sophisticated device namely laptops, projectors, camera, steel almirah etc. Future Plan regarding infrastructure: Plan to upgrade the departmental classroom to a digital one.
2. Departmental Library: A well equipped library to fulfill the needs of the students.

WEAKNESS:

Faculty strength is not proportionate to the number of students, especially in general classes. Remedial measures are necessary for students of undergraduate level as they are weak in English due to vernacular medium background. These remedial measures are not practicable due to large number of students.

Future Plan:   

1. To organize a national level seminar.
2. To open up an English speaking course.

• To publishes a departmental yearly magazine.

1. To conduct writing skill course for Degree students.

OPPORTUNITY:

Opportunities before the department are many. With proper planning the department can do a lot of activities for the students as well as the public. The department   opens up public speaking classes and spoken English classes. Communicative English courses and Business English courses can also be conducted.

CHALLENGES:

Lack of faculty member. Lack of a language laboratory. Infrastructural constraints are the major challenges.

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