Simms SHS Students Forced To Sleep In Classrooms After Fire Incident

Following a devastating fire that engulfed the boys’ dormitory at Simms Senior High School in the Ashanti region last Friday, the students have resorted to sleeping in classrooms.

Some students have been allowed to return home, while those remaining are forced to use classrooms as makeshift dormitories.

According to some affected students, their frustration is mounting, and they are urging authorities to address the urgent accommodation issue.

They are also appealing to the government to resume the long-abandoned construction of a dormitory block project that has remained dormant for over a decade.

The fire incident on Friday ravaged the boys’ dormitory at Simms Senior High School, leaving behind a trail of destruction that included the loss of student essentials like trunks, beds, books, buckets, and clothing from four rooms.

The first-year students primarily occupied the first floor, while the second-year students were housed on the ground floor.

Although the prompt response by Ghana National Fire Service personnel contained the flames to the first floor, the building’s compromised structure poses a considerable risk to students on the ground level.

Consequently, students on the ground floor have been advised against using the area for safety reasons, instead utilizing it solely for changing clothes and storing personal belongings.