ABSTRACT
Secondary education was in an even worse state than elementary education in 1870. Again, the only schools were either privately owned or organised by voluntary bodies. The education given was usually a classical one, but Latin was rarely taught well, and Greek hardly at all. It soon became clear that the schools were in-adequate for the number of children seeking admission. In fact, there was a considerable unsatisfied demand for secondary education. It is clear that the demand for secondary education was growing rapidly during this period, but the funds at the disposal of the school governors were not large enough to permit any increase in the number of exhibitions, and in Leicester no additional money was available from any other source. In some areas, however, county and county borough councils used the powers given them under the Technical Instruction Act of 1889 to award scholarships tenable at local grammar schools.
