Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Education Consultant · English Language & Teacher Development Specialist
PhD in TEFL · 20+ years in English language and teacher education
I help ministries, NGOs and development partners design, deliver and evaluate English language and teacher education programmes that improve learning, from national policy to the classroom.
Dr. Sisay Bezabih Alemu is an Ethiopian education specialist with more than 20 years of experience in English language education, teacher education, curriculum development and education policy. At Ethiopia's Ministry of Education he has served as Senior English Language Development Expert, Senior English Language Curriculum Development Expert and national focal person for the World Bank-funded General Education Quality Improvement Project (GEQIP I & II) and the Education Sector Development Programme VI (ESDP VI), and he now works on the accreditation of colleges of teacher education. He holds a PhD in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) from Bahir Dar University and offers training, consultancy, research and English–Amharic translation and editing.
Full biographyAs national focal person for the World Bank-funded GEQIP and a contributor to ESDP VI, Sisay planned, funded and monitored English and mother tongue education activities across regions, colleges and universities, and helped revise the Grades 1–8 English curriculum with USAID's READ TA project.
See the track recordNational focal person
National focal person for GEQIP I & II in the Ministry of Education's Mother Tongue and English Language Education Development Directorate: planning…
Ministry of Education (Mother Tongue and English Language Education Development Directorate); regional education bureaus; colleges of teacher education; universities
Curriculum development expert; READ TA expert member and trainer
Desk review, field supervision, syllabus revision, scope and sequence, and revision of student books and teacher guides for Ethiopia's Grades 1–8…
Ministry of Education; USAID READ TA project (RTI International)
Trainer
A 96-hour national training programme for secondary school English teachers on teaching reading, speaking, listening, writing, grammar and…
Ministry of Education; Kotebe University of Education
Training of trainers for primary and middle school mother-tongue language teachers
Interactive, practical sessions on effective methods of teaching language skills, classroom management, authentic assessment of language skills, competency-based lesson planning and integrating digital technology into language teaching.
13th National Education Conference on the Quality of Education: "Revitalizing applied education, igniting innovation, empowering futures" · Dilla University
Findings from the doctoral study on mediated learning with freshman pre-service trainees at Kotebe University of Education.
Training of trainers for middle and secondary school English teachers · Ministry of Education with the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional Education Bureau
Lead trainer. Practice-oriented sessions on mentoring skills, reflective teaching and peer collaboration.
International visiting lecture, English Language Education Study Program · Universitas Muhammadiyah Brebes (UMBS)
Practical strategies for using English to network, present and collaborate in academic and professional settings.
Peer-reviewed work on mediated learning, learner autonomy and technology in teacher education, published in PLOS ONE and the Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication.
PLOS ONE, 21(4), e0337355
Ethiopian Journal of Language, Culture and Communication, 10(1), 1-19
Organizations and programmes I have worked with
Mattu University recognized Dr. Sisay Bezabih for exceptional leadership as cluster head during the national examination held from 4 to 19…
Read moreFindings from Dr. Sisay Bezabih's doctoral research on teacher educators' mediation and learner autonomy in EFL reading were published in…
Read moreFrom 12 to 14 December 2025, Dr. Sisay Bezabih led a training of trainers on School-Based English Mentoring for middle and secondary school…
Read moreConsultancy, teacher training and ToT, research and evaluation, and English–Amharic translation, in person across Ethiopia or online worldwide.
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