infocus #3 September 2006 Sinchu Baliya's Science Club in The Gambia

DOI: 10.22443/rms.inf.1.11

In October 2002 three Gambian schools, Bakalarr Basic Cycle School, Jarreng Basic Cycle School and Sinchu Baliya Lower Basic School, were each given an RMS approved school microscope. With no electricity, a small tilting mirror was provided to enable sunlight to illuminate the samples. All these schools are heavily oversubscribed – the largest, Sinchu Baliya, has 3,250 pupils, with classes of between 45 and 60 children. Ten further microscopes were sponsored by the RMS in February 2003 and distributed to a selection of schools, Sinchu Baliya receiving a further three because of the number of children at the school.