Sarbodaya College, Malow Pather, Jorhat ,Assam-785108

       Department Profile for NAAC Assessment-2022

                English Department (Non Honours)

Introduction: The Department of English of Sarbodaya College came into existence in the year 1988 when the college got permission from the affiliated University to open the department as Non Honours. The Department received affiliation from the affiliated University in the year 2001 and since then it is offering B.A. Non Honours course in English. At present the Department has two full time dedicated faculty members who have been trying their best to impart quality education and at large to propagate humanitarian values among the students.

1. Name of the Department: English(Non Honours)
2. Year of Establishment: 1988
3. Name of Programme/Courses offered: B.A. Non Honours
4. Annual/Semester/ CBCS (Programme wise): Semester and CBCS
5. Courses in Collaboration with other universities, Industries etc: Not yet
6. Details of courses/ programmes discontinued (if any with reasons) :Semester (Non CBCS) discontinued by the affiliated University.

7. No of Teaching posts:

8. Faculty Profile with Name, Designation,

Specialisation, D.Litt./PhD/M.Phil etc.

9. List of Senior Visiting Faculty/ Guests: Nil
10. Percentage of Lectures delivered and practical classes handled by Guests faculty: Nil
11. Student – Teacher Ratio:

12. Qualification of Teaching faculty with:

13. Department Projects funded by UGC/ICSSR etc. and grants received : Nil
14. Research Centre/ Faculty recognized by the university: Nil
15. Publication (per faculty):

16. Area of consultancy and income generated: Vermicompost Project.

17. Faculty as members in:

18. Students Projects:

• Percentage of students who have done home work : Nil
• Percentage of students placed for projects in organization

Outside the institution i.e. in research laboratories/ industry/

Other agencies:    Nil

19. Awards / Recognition received by faculty and students: Faculty: Bhadrakanta Gohain

CTO (NCC)

20. List of eminent academicians and scientists/ visitors to the Department:

21. Seminers/ Conferences/ Workshops organized and source of funding : Nil
22. Student Profile programme/ Course wise

23. Diversity of the Students:

24. How many students have cleared National and State Eligibility Examinations such as:

25. Students Progression:

26. 
    Details of Infrastructure Facilities:

27. Number of Students receiving financial assistance from College, University, Government or other Agencies:

All the SC, ST and OBC students of the college receive scholarship from the Government. The State Government provides free admission to the BPL students from 2016. The meritorious students receive merit scholarships under ISHAN UDAY Scheme. The college also provides the facility to reduce tuition fees for meritorious students.

28. Details of Student Enrichment Programmes ( Special Lectures/Workshops/Seminer) with External Experts: Nil
29. Teaching Methods Adopted to Improve Student Learning:

As most of the students come from vernacular medium of schools, initially Bi-Lingual method is used to make them understand where Grammar and Translation method is adopted to focus on the application of grammar and correct sentence structure. Besides, in order to prepare the students to be confident communicators for different real life situations, communicative approach within the classroom is applied. To teach poetry, so that the students can appreciate and understand the text better the whole- Part-Whole method is adopted.

30. Participation in Institutional Social responsibility and extension activities (NSS,SCOUTS and GUIDES, YOUTH RED CROSS etc) : NCC and NSS
31. Department Class Routine Last Five Years: Annexure Attached herewith
32. Records of Departmental Meetings (Submit the Proceeding): Proceeding Submitted herewith.
33. SWOC analysis of the Department and Future Plans:

1. Strength of the Department:
2. Dedicated teachers, friendly in nature and eveready to help the students in their academic and all round development.
3. The department tries to render quality education for a better future of the students.
4. The department has UGC norms qualified teachers.
5. The faculty members of the department maintain a cordial and congenial relationship with the students.

2. Weakness of the department:
3. The department does not have enough faculty members.
4. The institution does not offer major course in English although many students prefer to take English as major.
5. Most of the students who come from vernacular medium of schools have a false notion regarding English as a tough language.
6. Most of the students are first generation learners who even lack basic grammatical knowledge.
7. The economic background of most of the students compels them to remain absent from their regular classes as many of them helps their parents to earn their livelihood.
8. During monsoon season, the students residing in remote areas fails to attend their classes as most of these low-lying remote areas remains submerged under water.
9. Opportunities:
10. The college is the only Degree college in the entire Dergaon Legislative Constituency where majority of students come from economically weaker section of society who if opt to build a career taking English as honors is most suitable and accessible.
11. The students opt to take English as honors can avail the opportunity if the affiliating university grants the permission to open English Department with honors.
12. There is opportunity for students to avail the best in classes due to dedicated faculty members.
13. There is new opportunity for students to avail additional training from spoken English course introduced by the department.
14. Challenges:
15. Students are unable to apply for honors in English as the affiliated university has not yet given permission to open the department to offer major courses.
16. Rural geographical location and prominence of vernacular medium school constrains the understanding level of the language.
17. Insufficient number of faculty members sometime fails to meet the need of individual attention and care to students.
18. Geographical distance and lack of public transport hinders the regular attendance of the students.

                     Future Plans:

1. To introduce career counseling programmes for the greater benefits of the students.
2. To sign MoU with Kendriya Maha Vidyalaya, Jorhat to involve students in the programme of LED repair.
3. To extend the Vermicompost project undertaken by the department to a larger unit thereby to involve larger number of students in the process.

BhadraKanta Gohain                              Robijit Dutta                                                    Dr. Monuj Boruah

        HOD                                                      Co-ordinator                                                                Principal