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Admission is open for the 2024/2025 academic year.

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A team of committed professionals dedicated to serving you

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Welcome to Ada College of Education

I warmly welcome you to Ada College of Education (AdaCoE). The College is one of the fifteen Science and Technical Colleges of Education, which is situated at Ada Foah, in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Established in 1965, the College has grown from strength to strength and from an initial handful of students to College population of over 1000 students

Prince is a Senior Lecturer in Construction Technology and Management. Prince’s interest is in Project Management in a global context including risk management, time and cost management, performance management, etc. Organisational learning through simulation of construction processes (project-based simulation and construction business simulation using system dynamics) and the ANP for multiple criteria decision making.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • PhD in Const & Project Mgt. (2014) Harriot Watts Univ.- UK
  • MSc. Const. Project Mgt. (2009), Hans Univ of Applied Sciences, The Netherland
  • HND Building Technology (2004), Kumasi Polytechnic, Ghana.
  • Construction Technicians Certificate (CTC) I&II
  • Construction Technicians Certificate (GCC)

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Best practice study
  • Construction planning and management
  • Cost value reconciliation
  • Independence and interdependence study
  • Infrastructure Investment justification
  • Intelligent building and infrastructure systems
  • Project portfolio management
  • Project informatics / risk assessment/ Risk DNA
  • Stakeholder and supply network integration
  • Project-based and construction business simulation using system dynamics and the ANP for multiple criteria decision making.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Corporate Member – Ghana Institute of Construction (GIOC) – 2019
  • Associate Fellow – Higher Education Academy – UK (AFHEA) – 2016
  • Member – American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) – 2014

 

EXTERNAL / PROFESSIONAL ROLES

  • Member – European Cooperation in Science and Technology (ECOST)
  • Vice President (West) – System Dynamics International, Africa Chapter. Elected in February
  • International Observer: The Institute of Safety and Health Practitioners, Hong Kong. Appointed in May 2015
  • External Examiner: University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Book Chapters 

  1. Boateng, P. (2019) Risk Assessment in Construction and Engineering Projects with SDANP Plus, In: Risk Management in Engineering and Construction: Tools and Techniques (1st Edition), edited by Stephen Ogunlana and Prasanta Kumar Dey, Routledge, 458 Pages ISBN 9780415480178
  2. Boateng, P., Chen, Z., Ogunlana, S. O. (2017) Megaproject Risk Analysis and Simulation: A Dynamic Systems Approach. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. ISBN
  3. Boateng, P. (2013) The Edinburgh Tram Network Project, Scotland, In: Megaproject portfolio (1st Edition), edited by Prof Naomi Brookes and Sarah King, University of Leeds. 341-234.
  4. Boateng, P. (2015) The Edinburgh Tram Network Project, Scotland, In: Megaproject portfolio (2nd Edition), edited by Prof Naomi Brookes and Mohamed H. Elmahroug, University of Leeds. 177-213. 

Publications

Obiri, K. A., Bjeirmi, B., & Boateng, P. (2020). A System Thinking Approach to Human Resource Development in the Oil Industry. Journal of Energy Research and Reviews, 39-49.

Omotayo, T., Olanipekun, A., Obi, L., & Boateng, P. (2020). A systems thinking approach for incremental reduction of non-physical waste. Built Environment Project and Asset

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The Principal,
Ada College of Education,
P. O. Box AF 34,
Ada – Foah.

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principal@adacoe.edu.gh

Prof. Prince Boateng (Principal)

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What Our Students' & Alumni Say About Us

Studying at AdaCoE has added a lot of undeniable values to our lives. It provides the opportunity for trainees to meet and interact with different kind of people, learn number of things to improve upon the professional career we seek to acquire.

Mr. John Sarfo Former SRC President

Ada College of Education is an educational institution that have contributed immensely towards the attainment of its Mission and Vision. The production of global standard Teachers has always been our hallmark in that regard. Holistic development of our dear trainees is not taken for granted since the College can boast of very dedicated and affable Tutors Who are always ready to give their all in developing the heads, hands and hearts of our learners.

Ms. Sandra A. Honu Student

The Principal, Prof. Prince Boateng signed a contract with Contractor and a Consultancy Firm for the Science Storey Building Project. The contract

The Principal, Prof. Prince Boateng on behalf of the College, signed the second part of the contract for the unlimited internet service

The Principal, Prof. Prince Boateng upon assumption of office, invited the representatives of the amalgamated groups of Alumni of Ada Collage to

LEC Group on the 10th August, 2023, donated 42 inches Nasco TV and 10 packs of bottled water to the College. The

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