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An administrative employee dismissed from Instituto Departamental Honduras in José Santos Guardiola has been reinstated after teachers and union representatives protested the firing, though the school remains occupied by demonstrators demanding full resolution.

Honduras's teaching unions are threatening nationwide protests if the government does not halt the firing of approximately 2,000 administrative, custodial, and security staff from schools, roles they say are essential to school operations.

Honduras's education sector and government have agreed to halt nationwide protest actions and will form a negotiating committee this Friday to discuss teacher salary increases in the national budget.

Teachers and staff have occupied Instituto Departamental Honduras on the Bay Islands since the dismissal of Marliz Carina Gómez Marín, an administrative employee, demanding her reinstatement and citing lack of due process and protections for indigenous workers.