中英於1898年簽訂《展拓香港界址專條》後，位於新界東中央的大埔開始由香港政府管治，成為新界地區的行政中心。圖為大埔市集。
約攝於1930年代
圖片來源：香港歷史博物館藏品，香港特別行政區政府准予複製
After the signing of the Convention Respecting an Extension of the Hong Kong Territory in 1898, Tai Po, located in the middle of the eastern part of the New Territories, came under the administration of the Hong Kong government and became the administrative centre of the New Territories. The photo shows the Tai Po Market
c.1930s
Source: Reproduced by Permission of the Government of the HKSAR from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of History
大埔官立漢文師範學校同學會全體合照
攝於1931年
圖片轉載自何惠儀，游子安撰，明基全編《教不倦：新界傳統教育的蛻變》( 香港：區域市政局，1996 )，頁39
Group photo of the Alumni Association of Taipo Vernacular Normal School
1931
Source: Tom K. C. Ming, ed. Joyce W. Y. Ho, and C. O. Yau, Jiaobujuan: Xinjie chuantong jiaoyu de tuibian [From Study Hall to Village School], Hong Kong, The Regional Council, 1996, p. 39

1898年，《展拓香港界址專條》簽訂後，政府為發展新界，亟欲為新界地區的小學培養合格教師，再加上1922年初的香港海員罷工及1925年的省港大罷工，為香港社會帶來強烈動盪和高漲的民族情緒，政府乃於1926年開辦大埔官立漢文師範學校（簡稱埔師）。

埔師行三年制，全校僅設三班，每級一班，多收錄小學程度的學生。埔師寬入嚴出，在開辦的十六年中，共培養六十名畢業生在新界各區學校任教，為新界基礎教育的發展作出貢獻。1941年，埔師因日本侵華而停辦。

In 1898, after the signing of the Convention Respecting an Extension of the Hong Kong Territory, the government, in order to develop the New Territories, urgently needed to train qualified teachers for primary schools in the New Territories. Moreover, the Seamen’s Strike in early 1922 and the Canton-Hong Kong Strike in 1925 brought about a strong upheaval and heightened national sentiment in Hong Kong society. As a result, in 1926, the government established Taipo Vernacular Normal School.

Taipo Vernacular Normal School operated on a three-year system and had only three classes in total, with one class per grade, mainly enrolling students with primary school education levels. The school had a lenient admission policy but strict graduation requirements. During its sixteen years of operation, it trained sixty graduates who went on to teach in schools across the New Territories, contributing to the development of basic education in the New Territories. In 1941, Taipo Vernacular Normal School was closed due to the Japanese invasion of China.