Honduras Education News

A teacher in Yoro was filmed slapping a student inside a school, with video of the incident circulating on social media.

Honduras's Education Ministry is analyzing whether to temporarily suspend in-person classes in Cofradía, Cortés, after 12 confirmed measles cases emerged in the northern region, pending recommendations from health officials.

Honduras's Education Ministry has dismissed roughly 2,500 public school employees nationwide since early July, citing overstaffing; schools have closed, suspended classes, and lost security and maintenance staff, while unions and parents demand reinstatement.

Honduras has distributed 10 million textbooks, activated daily meals for 1.2 million children, begun connecting 8,000 rural schools to satellite internet, and awarded teachers a 3.2 billion lempira (about $128 million) salary increase to retain 1.8 million enrolled students.

Students and parents are protesting across multiple schools after the Education Ministry laid off cleaning and security staff, demanding the workers be rehired to restore building maintenance and campus safety.

A Honduran business and government delegation visited Colombia's National Learning Service (SENA) to explore partnerships that would update technical training for Honduran youth and workers to match current labor-market demands.

Parents and teachers blocked roads at three public schools in Tegucigalpa on July 6 to protest the dismissal of security guards, teacher shortages, and deteriorating conditions, with classes suspended at some sites.

Students at Instituto Jesús Aguilar Paz have occupied the school indefinitely in protest of staff layoffs at the educational center.

Parents, students, and residents blocked the road from Tegucigalpa to Olancho to demand reinstatement of an office worker, cleaner, and security guard fired from Instituto Técnico Río Abajo after years of employment, causing traffic delays.

Four Honduran high school students—Sebastián Talabera, Sebastián Pérez, Rodrigo Díaz, and David Alvarado—are competing in the 56th International Physics Olympiad in Bucaramanga, Colombia (July 4–12), Honduras's inaugural participation in the world's premier physics competition for secondary students.

The Hawks Mechanics team from Tegucigalpa's Sunshine School will compete in the First Lego League Asia Pacific Open in Sydney on July 9–12, after placing second in Honduras's national robotics competition and facing 60 teams from across the region.

INFOP is offering a free month-long beginner English course starting July 13 for residents of Valle de Ángeles aged 15 and up, taught online in two afternoon and evening sessions Monday through Friday.

The Education Ministry is offering 100 partial scholarships to Honduran teachers and professionals seeking training in leadership, management, and professional development through the Business School Education Format program, with applications due by February 28, 2027.

The Education Ministry reported that 16.4% of Honduras's 22,581 public schools—3,714 facilities—require immediate infrastructure repairs, with most located in rural areas and damaged by weather and decay.

Honduras's Social Ministry is accepting applications through June 30 for a national scholarship program offering monthly stipends to about 8,000 university students (ages 17–40) pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees, with a budget of 224 million lempiras (about $9 million).

Education Secretary Arely Argueta reported that at least 3,174 schools nationwide require infrastructure repairs, with the ministry having begun work in various departments and seeking support from domestic and international partners.

Fourteen Honduran medical students studying in Venezuela lost their belongings when powerful earthquakes struck; Honduras's Foreign Ministry says all are safe and has sheltered them at the embassy while academic authorities assess when they can return to their studies.

Fundación Terra launched its peer-tutoring scholarship program in Intibucá, benefiting 120 students in three schools through a model where high-performing students tutor younger peers in core subjects to reduce academic lag and boost retention.

UNAH's Morazán nanosatellite, built with Japanese backing and selected as winner of the UN's KiboCUBE competition, is on track for an April 2027 launch — but only if Congress ratifies the international space treaties required for Honduras to participate.

Honduras's National Autonomous University (UNAH) fell out of the QS World University Rankings 2027 for the second consecutive year after appearing in the list for four years, marking a competitive setback for public higher education in Honduras.

Honduras's National Autonomous University (UNAH) has failed for a second consecutive year to appear in the QS World University Rankings 2027, one of the world's most influential higher-education assessments.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras administered a new supplemental exam to 220 applicants for high-demand health careers—medicine, dentistry, nursing, and others—to strengthen admissions standards and ensure candidates meet academic requirements.

The National Registry (RNP) began enrolling children ages 6–17 in a new biometric identity document called Dinna, targeting 2.3 million minors through 23,836 schools nationwide in a $40 million World Bank–funded program aimed at guaranteeing the right to identity and preventing trafficking.

Honduras's National Autonomous University extended the registration deadline for the PHUMA university entrance exam to Friday, June 19, citing technical issues and network congestion that affected applicants during the previous day.

André Enoc Mejía Romero, the first Honduran to attend NASA's Space Academy Camp at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, returned to San Pedro Sula and pledged to teach science and robotics to Honduran youth interested in STEM fields.

A congressman has proposed a national student employment program offering tax incentives to companies hiring students aged 16–30 for part-time or flexible work compatible with their education, with full labor protections.

Honduras has recorded 2,711 student dropouts in the first half of the 2026 school year, with 75% from primary grades and poverty, violence, and poor school conditions cited as main causes.

An aviation training center at Toncontín Airport in Tegucigalpa says its electricity was cut off, suspending classes for scholarship students in what the organization claims is an irregular eviction process that violates prior agreements and due process.

The Ciudad Mujer educational center graduated 91 women—including single mothers, homemakers, and working women from across Honduras—who completed secondary studies through a program designed to serve women unable to pursue education through conventional channels.

Honduras's national vocational institute is adding artificial intelligence and photovoltaic technician courses to its curriculum to align with labor-market demand, says director Edgardo Loucel.