1946
香港官立鄉村師範專科學校
Rural Training College

鄉師陳幼直、馮翰文老師（左一與左三）與黃國芳校長（左二）在鄉師位於港督粉嶺別墅的校舍前合影。此別墅現為行政長官粉嶺別墅。

Chan Yau-chi and Fung Hon-man, the teachers of the Rural Training College (first and third from the left), and Principal Wong Kwok-fong (second from the left) posed for a photo in front of the Rural Training College’s campus in the Governor’s Fanling Lodge, which is now known as the Chief Executive’s Fanling Lodge.

鄉師的學生在元朗屏山張園的校舍上體育課的情形
攝於1949至1954年

Students from the Rural Training College attended physical education classes at the campus of Cheung Yuen in Ping Shan, Yuen Long
1949-1954

香港從1941年12月25日起被日軍佔領了三年零八個月，人口銳減，學校停課，師資流失。1941至1945年期間，全港學生人數由約十二萬減至四千。

重光之後，總督楊慕琦於1946年成立官立鄉村師範學校（簡稱鄉師，後改稱官立鄉村師範專科學校），取代埔師，成為戰後培訓新界教師的院校。鄉師校舍先後設於粉嶺總督別墅、粉嶺兒童保育院及元朗屏山張園（今屯門藍地妙法寺位置）等。

鄉師有不成文規定，畢業生須到新界鄉村學校任教，村校則可隨聘用鄉師畢業生而獲津貼。

Hong Kong was occupied by Japanese invaders for 3 years and 8 months, starting from 25 December 1941, during which time, owing to the plunge in population, schools were closed, teachers were lost. The number of students in Hong Kong dropped from about 120,000 to 4,000 from 1941-1945.

After the war, the then Governor, Sir Mark Aitchison Young established the Rural Training College in 1946, replacing Taipo Vernacular Normal School as the post-war teacher training institution for the New Territories. The Rural Training College was located sequentially at the Governor’s Fanling Lodge, the Fanling Child-care Association, and Cheung Yuen in Ping Shan, Yuen Long (now the location of the Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun).

There was an unwritten rule that graduates of the Rural Training College were required to teach in village schools in the New Territories, while village schools were entitled to a grant for employing the Rural Training College graduates.