Students affected by a recent fire outbreak at SIMMS Senior High School on Friday have voiced their opposition to the school authorities' decision to have them sleep in classrooms.

The students expressed concerns that their difficulties would intensify if they were compelled to sleep in classrooms infested with mosquitoes and other unfavorable conditions.

During an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb, the distressed students appealed to the school authorities, teachers, and other stakeholders to allow them to leave the campus for a period before returning to school.

This directive was issued after the visit of the Kwabre East Municipal Director of Education, Baffour Adu Asare, who encouraged the school authorities to temporarily permit students to use the classrooms.

The director of education visited the scene to offer support and consoled both teachers and affected students. He also urged teachers to compile a list of all affected students and document the items they lost.

While encouraging teachers to provide psychological support to the affected students, he reminded the students that they were not facing this challenge alone.

However, in response to the directive to use the classrooms for a temporary period, the concerned students vehemently opposed the decision, fearing that it would only exacerbate their difficulties.

"How can we sleep in classrooms which are full of mosquitoes?"

"We are going to use these classrooms in the night, and the next morning, we may be forced to park our things to pave the way for classes. That is very stressful, isn't it? We are begging them to allow us go home for some time," the students justified.

During the fire outbreak at SIMMS Senior High School on Friday, several items, including mattresses, chop boxes, bedsheets, trunks, and an undisclosed amount of cash, were consumed by the flames.

Despite the quick response of fire officers to the scene, the cause of the outbreak has not yet been determined.

Several students who shared their thoughts with GhanaWeb attributed the incident to the outdated wiring system in the dormitory.

"We had been complaining severally about the wiring system that had become very old and a death trap," they said.