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The mother of the student who recorded teacher Perla Díaz striking another student said she advised her daughter to film the incident because the teacher had previously made verbal attacks on students.

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 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.

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 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.

The government and teacher unions have agreed on a salary increase to be paid retroactively from May, with implementation beginning in June and a fourteenth-month bonus scheduled for July, ending planned informational assemblies.

Teacher leaders met with President Nasry Asfura to press for payment of a pending salary adjustment and other labor agreements, warning that nationwide classroom suspensions will continue if demands are not met.