The ordinary officer now goes to a crammer, or else to a public school, where hundreds of pounds are spent in teaching him how to pass examinations in competition.
That could remove a statutory barrier to overcrowded classrooms—perhaps that is what some in the education world understand by a "crammer".
The crammer's intent is that the subscriber will overlook and ultimately pay these small charges.
It is a difficult one, and it is one which is sufficiently stiff to make officers go to a crammer and study specially for it.
In the private sector, of course, a boy or girl can go to a crammer and get the results needed for university.
However, parents in a private crammer 10 miles away, where most of the pupils attend independent schools, will be allowed to vote on the nature of that grammar school.
They lead an unsatisfactory life here, attached to schools or crammers and so on, never reaching university standard.
Prep schools were established from the 19th century to prepare students for these examinations and to provide a broader-based education than the traditional crammer, offering sports and additional subjects.
