Signed on September 23, the cooperation plan brings together the museum and the communes and wards of Pleiku, Hội Phú, Thống Nhất, An Phú, Diên Hồng, Gào and Biển Hồ.
It aims to establish a programme throughout the school year, extending heritage education beyond individual visits and occasional events.
Activities will include museum trips, exhibitions and extracurricular sessions exploring national and local history and cultural traditions. The plan also provides for experiences such as summer camps and cultural festivals.
Khổng Thị Hoan, the museum’s deputy director, said historical and cultural knowledge was preserved not only in textbooks but also in artefacts, stories, historical sites and traditions passed down through generations.
Visits to museums and cultural spaces could help students understand and remember that heritage through direct experience, she said.
The museum will develop content, guided explanations and activity spaces suited to students’ ages and learning needs. Hoan called for cooperation from schools and local authorities to make each visit a memorable learning experience.
Võ Thị Hương Duyên, head of Hội Phú Ward’s Culture and Society Office, supported the programme and called for more visual, interactive activities. She also stressed the need for coordination with schools to ensure students’ safety during extracurricular visits.
The partnership builds on heritage education initiatives across Gia Lai province, where schools, cultural institutions, experts and artisans have been working together to introduce young people to local traditions.
Since October 2025, students at Ia Grai Ethnic Minority Boarding Secondary School in Ia Grai Commune have attended talks and practical sessions led by experts and artisans. Activities include learning to play gongs and lithophones, alongside wood carving.
Student Rơ Châm Huỳnh Vũ said several months of gong lessons had enabled him to perform pieces including Welcoming Guests, Celebrating New Rice and Celebrating Victory.
The Provincial Traditional Arts Theater has also worked with Cát Hanh Secondary School in Hòa Hội Commune, Lê Quý Đôn Specialized High School in Quy Nhơn Ward and Chi Lăng High School in Hội Phú Ward to introduce students to tuồng and bài chòi singing.
Phạm Ngọc Bảo Trân, a student at Cát Hanh Secondary School, said the programme had deepened her understanding of local culture and supplemented lessons in the school’s local education curriculum.
Beyond the classroom, thousands of students have taken part over the years in Pleiku Museum’s Back to Heritage programme, organised with local high schools.
The museum’s Cultural Heritage Day, held in cooperation with localities across the province, offers students opportunities to experience the traditions of ethnic communities from within and outside Gia Lai.
Another programme, Weekend Gong Performance- Enjoy and Experience, alternates between the province’s eastern and western areas, bringing heritage activities to students and the wider community.
These initiatives support the Government’s Cultural Development Strategy to 2030, which calls for better heritage education inside and outside schools through more varied activities, teaching methods and scales of participation, alongside wider involvement from society.