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The United Nations in Honduras is recruiting for several positions, including an Alliances Officer and a Data Specialist based in Tegucigalpa, with application deadlines in early to mid-September.

The Tegucigalpa mayor's office partnered with Honduran student Siena Callizo, a robotics student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, to launch Sueño STEM, a program bringing robotics and digital skills training to public schoolchildren in the capital.

Infop San Felipe is offering a free month-long intermediate English course starting August 3 in virtual format, open to people 15 and older, with morning and midday time slots.

Fundación Terra opened two new Trust training centers in Nueva Capital and Monterrey neighborhoods, offering free digital literacy, AI, cybersecurity, and job-skills courses to students, teachers, and entrepreneurs in partnership with the OAS and Microsoft.

The National Autonomous University of Honduras has completed a renovation of the Dr. Jorge Haddad auditorium at its Faculty of Medical Sciences, investing 18.7 million lempiras (about $750,000) to modernize the 220-seat venue for academic and scientific conferences.

A Systems Engineering student at Honduras's national university developed Puma Game, a platformer inspired by UNAH's mascot, aiming to demonstrate Honduran capacity for quality game development and innovation.

The Education Ministry will permit only 60 schools to march in Tegucigalpa's September 15 Independence Day parade and has set time limits and organizational rules to shorten the event and reduce students' exposure to midday heat.

Tegucigalpa's municipal government and Amazon Web Services are offering 15,000 free scholarships in artificial intelligence and cloud computing to prepare Honduran youth and professionals for digital-economy jobs by 2028.

Amazon Web Services, Grupo Financiero Atlántida, and the U.S. Embassy launched a free training program aiming to equip 15,000 Hondurans by 2028 with cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity skills to improve job prospects.

Honduras's National Vocational Training Institute is offering free courses in Tegucigalpa through mid-July in sales, finance, emotional intelligence, marketing, beauty, and pastry-making, available both online and in-person.

Parents occupied the National School of Music in Tegucigalpa on Friday to protest employee dismissals, citing threats to security and school operations, particularly after guards were laid off.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Honduras's National Vocational Training Institute (INFOP) is offering free in-person and online courses in beauty, gastronomy, technology, and business skills at the Kennedy neighborhood campus, open to anyone over 15 with a valid ID.