Pune: Night school starts cycle bank to improve student attendance
(WorldNews India)

To ensure more students attend school regularly, authorities at the Poona Night School have started a `cycle bank´. School officials say that working students, like those who work in garages and tea stalls during the day, get tired and often don´t come to school as the walk is tiring. The cycle bank is a step towards improving attendance of students. `Our students work during the day and most of them get tired after work. Many get so tired that they bunk schools many times. They do not have the money to spend on public transport. So, we set up this cycle bank,` said principal Avinash Takawle. The cycle bank will work on the lines of a book library where students will not be given ownership...