馬禮遜教育協會因紀念英國傳教士馬禮遜而成立，該會於1839年在澳門開辦馬禮遜學堂。圖爲馬禮遜翻譯聖經。
The Morrison Education Society, which was founded in honour of the English missionary Robert Morrison, established Morrison Memorial School in Macao in 1839.This engraving shows Morrison was translating the Bible.
Engraving
1830s
Source: Hong Kong Museum of Art Collection
殖民管治初期，港府鼓勵教會和其他團體辦學，同時容許傳統學塾的存在。1842年，馬禮遜學堂從澳門遷至香港，其後英華書院、聖保羅書院等教會學校陸續遷港或在港成立。1847年，政府成立教育委員會，監管受補助的中文私塾，其後受補助的學塾歸政府辦理，並稱為皇家書館（亦稱國家義學）。
In the early days of colonial rule, the then Hong Kong government encouraged churches and other organisations to run schools, while also allowing traditional schools. In 1842, Morrison Memorial School moved from Macao to Hong Kong, and was followed by the establishment or relocation of other church schools such as Ying Wa College and St. Paul’s College. In 1847, the government set up the Education Committee to oversee the subsidised Chinese study halls, which were subsequently administered by the government and were known as government schools.
聖保羅書院1851至1941年間位於下亞厘畢道與己連拿利交界的校舍
3D模型
Campus of St. Paul’s College at the junction of Lower Albert Road and Glenealy
Three-dimensional model
早於1850年，已有政府學校教員轉至聖保羅書院接受師範培訓。
1853年，兩位聖保羅書院學生在校內接受師範培訓後，被派至中環及黃泥涌的政府學校教授英文，開創香港師範教育的先河。
As early as 1850, some government school teachers were transferred to St. Paul’s College, where they received teacher training.
In 1853, two students who had been trained as pupil teachers at St. Paul’s College were sent to teach English in government schools in Central and Wong Nai Chung, pioneering teacher education in Hong Kong.
中央書院為香港第一所官立中學，於1894年易名為皇仁書院。圖為皇仁書院學生的考試場景。
攝於二十世紀初
圖片來源：香港大學圖書館特藏部
The Government Central School was the first government secondary school in Hong Kong, and it was renamed Queen’s College in 1894. This photo shows an examination scene of students at Queen’s College.
Early 20th century
Source: Special Collections, The University of Hong Kong Libraries
1860年，政府計劃將各皇家書館學童集中於一間書館，進行分班教學。1862年，官立的中央書院（又名大書院，現皇仁書院）於上環歌賦街落成，提供中西兼備的課程。校長史釗域為培訓該校教師，於1865年開始挑選成績優異的學生接受教師訓練。
In 1860, the government decided to bring school children together in one school with separate classes. In 1862, The Government Central School (now Queen’s College) was inaugurated on Gough Street in Sheung Wan, offering both Chinese and Western programmes. Frederick Stewart, the Headmaster of The Government Central School, started selecting high-achieving students in 1865 and training them to become teachers at the School.