Education gives us a knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better. It develops in us a perspective of looking to life. It helps us build opinion and have points of view on things in life.

Since the establishment of Tongi Govt. College, it has been offering a vast area of knowledge to enhance the leadership quality, service to the community and personal enrichment. The Department of English has been teaching English language and literature since its inception. The need of English as a global language is expanding. Moreover, the instrumental and academic necessity have made the activities of the department most diversified. Literature makes a man perfect and good human being. It helps to flourish humanity, sensibility and compassion in human being. It connects individual with larger truths and ideas in a society. Literature creates a way for people to record their thoughts and experiences in a way that is accessible to others through fictionalized accounts of the experiences. The teachers of this department are very sincere and committed to their profession. They feel the need of the learner and try to help them the best. Therefore, the performance of the learners are improving vertically.

Presently, seven faculty members are working in this department. Ms. Hasina Akter Khanam, an Associate Professor is the present head of the department, Ms. Tahmina Sobhan is working here as an Associate Professor. Mr. Mahmudul Amin and Ms Shaila Parvin are working here as Assistant Professors. Ms. Mst. Hasina Islam, Ms. Shayla Zahan and Ms. Aysha Khatun are working as Lecturers in this dept. Beside the faculity members, the dept. has two stuffs who provide service to the dept. They are Md. Solaiman Hossain and Md. Delwar Hossain. Apart from the students of HSC level, the department has now near about 860 students who are undertaking graduate and post graduate degree. Under the guidance of the teachers, the students are doing excellent result in different public exams. In the Hons. final year exam of 2015, six students from this department secured first class marks while in the MA final exam of 2014, two students secured first class marks from this department. The passing rate of Honors final exam and M.A final exam is almost 90%.

Apart from class activities, the students of this department also take part in different co-curricular activities, such as debate program, recitation and extempore speech
competition, indoor and outdoor games, BNCC and Scouting. The department also publish magazine and organize programmes marking different festivals like pahela Boishakh, Phittha Utshab, Bosonto boron etc.

The objective of education does not only mean getting the fact-based education, rather it should be more close to life. When life begins to ignore the passion and the emotion it becomes sterile, silly and without substance. So we need that kind of education which guides the students up to the path of true knowledge. We hope that the students of this institution will get the true essence of education and make us proud by becoming the torch bearer of our nation.