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UNICEF reports that 3.9 million girls in Central America were married before age 15 between 2000 and 2022, with Honduras among the highest at 9%, and prevalence has barely changed in decades.

Gilberto Benítez, the teachers' union leader for northern Honduras, reported that dozens of teaching posts in Cortés were filled without proper competition or screening during the previous administration, and warned of possible school occupations if authorities do not investigate and correct the irregular appointments.

Educators in Santa Bárbara staged a protest at the provincial education office demanding overdue salary payments and a timeline from authorities for resolving the arrears affecting the region's schools.

The US Department of Agriculture will provide $40 million over six years to strengthen Honduras's national school-feeding program, benefiting about 96,000 children in 2,000 public schools in remote areas of La Paz and Intibucá departments.

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.

UNAH Rector Odir Fernández said the university has not received official communication from the government about funds from the presidential aircraft sale that a law mandates be used for regional campus expansion, and the government owes the institution 1.44 billion lempiras in first-semester budget allocations.

Honduras's education ministry has issued strict new regulations for 2026 patriotic parades—banning reggaeton, commercial branding, and immodest performances—and threatening teachers and principals with fines, suspensions, or dismissal for violations.

A teacher union leader rejected an Association for a More Just Society report claiming Honduras lost about nine days of classes in the first half of 2026, arguing the union held only two protest days and that other interruptions stemmed from administrative changes, not teacher action.

Honduras lost about nine days of classroom instruction in the first half of 2026, representing an estimated cost of roughly L1.8 billion (about $72 million) in lost educational investment, with most interruptions tied to planned workshops and extracurricular activities rather than protests.

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.

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.

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.