Agreement 4655-SE-2024

This Regulation establishes the Administration of personnel that oversees the career of the PROHECO Educational Instructor of the PROHECO Community Education program governed by the Secretariat of State in the Office of Education. Its purpose is to dignify the practice of the PROHECO Educational Instructor to guarantee the Honduran people a high-quality education.

A PROHECO Educational Instructor is defined as an expert in his subject matter, to make effective the teaching-learning process, in order to achieve quality standards in education.

In conformity with Educational Laws and for the application of this Regulation, the PROHECO Educational Instructor administers, organizes, directs, teaches and supervises education at different levels according to his professional training. TITLE II CHAPTER II OF THE PURPOSES

The purposes of the Regulation of the Special Regime of the PROHECO Community Education Program are: 1. To regulate the career of PROHECO Educational Instructor. 2. To guarantee PROHECO Educational Instructors the enjoyment of their rights, and likewise to ensure the fulfillment of their duties in the exercise of their functions. 3. To encourage the PROHECO Educational Instructor toward constant professionalization until reaching his maximum academic level. 4. To achieve the comprehensive training of Students from the most underprivileged areas of the country and to contribute to raising the rates of professional training. TITLE III CHAPTER III OF THE OBJECT: THE PERSONNEL REGULATED BY THE SPECIAL PROHECO REGULATION. FIRST SECTION OF APPLICATION

This special Regulation establishes mandatory regulations for persons who wish to occupy the position of PROHECO Educational Instructor, to guarantee PROHECO Educational Instructors the enjoyment of their rights, and likewise to ensure the fulfillment of their duties in the exercise of their functions, their Regime, manuals and their provisions of a general nature in service of education, of the Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO.

The provisions of this Regulation shall not be applicable to the following personnel: 1. Technical Administrative personnel. 2. Primary Education Teachers. 3. Technicians in Basic Education. 4. Secondary Education Diploma (Diversified). 5. Degrees not related to the educational field. TITLE IV CHAPTER IV OF THE OBJECT SECOND SECTION ADMISSION OF THE PROHECO EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR

To occupy the position of PROHECO Educational Instructor, the following requirements are established: 1. To be Honduran by birth. 2. To be over 21 years of age. 3. To have passed the competitive examination and accredited with the respective certificate. 4. To be in enjoyment of civil rights. 5. To hold a Bachelor's degree related to the educational field. 6. To be duly registered with the professional college and included on the salary scale. 7. Not to work with another institution or with the Secretariat of Education. 8. Not to be retired. 9. To be active within the Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO.

The file of the PROHECO Educational Instructor shall contain: 1. Authenticated copy of the Bachelor's degree related to Education duly endorsed by the Autonomous University of Honduras. 2. Curriculum Vitae. 3. Certificate of Profile Compliance signed by the Municipal Director. 4. Assumption of Office. 5. Copy of National Identification Document (DNI). 6. Copy of Professional Registration Card and Certificate of Solvency. 7. Certificate of Criminal Background (Original). 8. Original Bank Certificate. 9. Copy of National Tax Registry (RTN).

Persons of other nationalities may enter the Special PROHECO Regime as educational instructors, provided that in their country of origin there exists reciprocity with the profile established for Honduran Educational Instructors, being subject to what is established in Articles 34 and 168; and, other related provisions of the Constitution of the Republic, provisions of this Special Regime, Labor Code and other laws of the country. TITLE V CHAPTER V OF OBLIGATIONS, PROHIBITIONS AND RIGHTS. OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE HONDURAN PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROHECO

The Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO shall be obligated in relation to the PROHECO Educational Instructor in its service according to this regime to the following: 1. To adopt appropriate measures to maintain the best safety conditions in the educational center. 2. To make voluntary, legal and judicial deductions from the salary of the PROHECO Educational Instructor and to pay them promptly to the corresponding institutions. 3. To pay its employer contributions to the Teacher Pension Institute (INPREMA) promptly and in full. 4. To pay its employer contributions to the Honduran Social Security Institute IHSS promptly and in full. 5. To give respectful, courteous and fair treatment to the PROHECO Educational Instructor. 6. To organize, safeguard and periodically update the file of the PROHECO Educational Instructor. OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PROHECO EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR

The obligations of Educational Instructors regulated by this Special Regime are: 1. To comply with and enforce the Constitution of the Republic, the laws and other laws related to the service to be performed. 2. To provide with quality and efficiency the services of his profession under his responsibility. 3. To participate with effort and ingenuity in the development, consolidation and prestige of the educational center where he works. 4. To comply with the instructions of his hierarchical superiors relative to the performance of his position. 5. To maintain respect, integrity and honesty in his relations with other members of his educational community, as well as to fulfill his duties and responsibilities. 6. To comply with the effective working time established for the school year of 200 days of Classes and dedicating the totality of working time to the functions proper to the position. 7. To conserve and correctly use the documents and assets of the institution where he provides his services and that are directly under his responsibility. 8. To observe conduct consistent with professional ethics related to principles, values and morality. 9. To constantly update his cultural, professional, technological and academic training. 10. To respect the freedom, dignity and physical, psychological and moral integrity of students. 11. To participate in the planning, execution and evaluation of literacy programs and projects for the benefit of the transformation of Honduran society. 12. To practice and promote civic, ethical, moral and cultural values, participating in activities aimed at this purpose. 13. To perform work directly and personally and with a high degree of responsibility. 14. To ensure that students attend the educational center punctually to maintain the initial enrollment. 15. To report to the competent authority on student attendance in order to provide appropriate follow-up to prevent school dropout and raise the quality education index. 16. To actively participate in the preparation, execution, monitoring and evaluation of the Educational Project of the Center (PEC) and Annual Operating Plan (POA) based on Results-Based Management of the educational center. 17. To notify promptly the Municipal and/or District Director in case of absence and to justify it, with a copy to the Departmental Coordination of PROHECO. 18. To communicate promptly to parents, guardians or guardians, the absence of students and the grades obtained by them. 19. To submit to the supervision, advice, accompaniment and evaluation that the Secretariat of State in the Office of Education implements with respect to the educational process. 20. To safeguard the administrative and pedagogical documentation of the educational center. 21. To coordinate with the corresponding departments the school organization and functioning of community participation bodies. 22. To safeguard under inventory the assets assigned to the educational center. 23. To implement pedagogical actions and strategies for curricular support that are ordered by the central level of the Honduran Program of Community Education (PROHECO). 24. To enter and update statistical information to the Educational Centers Administration System (SACE) of the Secretariat of State in the Office of Education. 25. To convene and organize the Parents Association (APF) within the first sixty days of the school year. 26. Other functions proper to the position assigned by the corresponding authority.

It is prohibited to the authorities and representatives of the Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO: 1. To demand that the PROHECO Educational Instructor perform work that puts at risk his physical and psychological integrity or that of his students. 2. To induce the PROHECO Educational Instructor to commit irregularities in examinations, grades and record books of the educational center. 3. To demand or accept money or other type of compensation from PROHECO Educational Instructors as compensation so that this person has privileges related to working conditions. 4. To impose sanctions or penalties on the PROHECO Educational Instructor that are not typified in this regulation. 5. To impose on PROHECO Educational Instructors the performance of fund-raising activities without the approval of the Parents Society (APF). 6. To deduct or withhold any sum from the salary and labor benefits of the PROHECO Educational Instructor without authorization from the instructor, court order or law that authorizes it. 7. To exercise coercion on the political or religious convictions of the PROHECO Educational Instructor in his service. 8. To employ in positions of PROHECO Educational Instructor persons who do not meet the requirements established by this regulation. 9. To fail to comply with general and specific provisions emanating from educational authorities; and from the authorities of the Central Unit of PROHECO. 10. Other provisions established by this Regime. Non-compliance with any of the prohibitions established in this article shall incur administrative, civil and criminal liability. OF THE PROHIBITIONS TO THE PROHECO EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR

It is prohibited to PROHECO Educational Instructors: 1. To smoke or ingest alcoholic beverages or to consume hallucinogenic substances in the workplace or to appear at it under the effects of such substances. 2. To remove without permission material or equipment belonging to the establishment. 3. To use the material or equipment of the institution for purposes other than those for which they are intended. 4. To conduct sectarian political propaganda in the workplace. 5. To delay or intentionally or negligently abandon the fulfillment of his obligations. 6. To conduct tutoring of his students outside of his working hours in exchange for monetary compensation. 7. To conduct commercial activities, for personal profit, of another party or of the institution. 8. To subject students to any type of harassment, as well as to any other person with whom he relates in the exercise of his work. 9. To request or accept gifts or rewards as compensation for acts proper to his position. 10. Other provisions established by this Special Regime. 11. Other provisions applicable according to current legislation.

Educational Instructors shall have the right to obtain licenses with and without pay. The types of licenses are as follows: 1. Maternity License with pay. 2. Illness License with pay. 3. Study Licenses without pay. 4. License upon request of the competent authority without pay. Maternity and illness license files shall be authorized by means of a license order for the period of incapacity extended to him by the Honduran Social Security Institute, Public Health Center in those places where it exists or by an authorized physician, provided it is endorsed by the Honduran Social Security Institute IHSS. Requests must be accompanied by the following documents in the following order: 1. License Request. 2. Certificate issued by the Municipal Director, in favor of the teacher requesting the license. 3. Medical Certificate or Certificate signed and sealed by the physician attending the patient. 4. Report issued by the Hondureño Institute of Social Security IHSS for the period of incapacity. 5. Photocopy of the agreement of the teacher requesting the license. 6. Photocopy National Identification Document DNI of the teacher requesting the license.

The rights of PROHECO Educational Instructors are as follows: 1. To enjoy job stability while maintaining good performance. 2. To exercise freedom of instruction in the pursuit of higher quality education. 3. To enjoy double-paid vacation in accordance with the table detailed according to Article 37 of this regulation. 4. To receive payment of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth salary. 5. To enjoy paid leave in the following cases: For illness, for the period of incapacity extended to him by the Honduran Social Security Institute, Public Health Center in those places where it exists or by an authorized physician, provided it is endorsed by the Honduran Social Security Institute IHSS. 6. For maternity, a prenatal period of six (6) weeks before and a postnatal period of eight (8) weeks after, for those working in rural areas. 7. In case of miscarriage, for the period of incapacity extended to him by the Honduran Social Security Institute, Public Health Center in those places where an authorized physician exists. 8. Unpaid leave in the following cases: 9. For personal matters up to two (2) years, renewable for up to two more years at the discretion of the competent authority. 10. To occupy another position in the education system, for the time it is held. 11. To hold elected office for the duration of such position. 12. Special paid leaves, from one (1) to a total of thirty (30) days in the course of the year, for one or more of the following causes: 13. For illness and to assist his spouse or domestic partner and other relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second of affinity if he proves that there is no other person to provide that assistance. 14. For the death of spouse or domestic partner or relatives within the fourth degree of consanguinity and second of affinity. 15. To contract marriage. 16. Due to public or domestic calamity. 17. To attend professional and union events sponsored by teaching organizations and public and private institutions. 18. To conduct administrative or personal procedures necessary before public institutions: 19. One hour daily for breastfeeding until his child turns six (6) months old. 20. Transfers and exchanges in accordance with this Special Regime. 21. To enjoy the benefits of social security in accordance with the provisions of the respective laws. 22. To be sanctioned through a legal proceeding, in case falts in service are imputed to him. 23. To enjoy national holidays decreed at the national level or authorized at the regional and local level. 24. To participate in training and improvement programs of the PROHECO Educational Instructor established by the Secretariat of Education and the State. 25. The others established by the Constitution of the Republic and other laws. 26. The competent authority shall evaluate each case and shall resolve in accordance with seniority and priority of requests.

TERMINATION. Causes that authorize termination of the labor relationship without any liability to the Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO. 1. For non-compliance with the obligations undertaken by the "Educational Instructor PROHECO" as established in Article 13 of this regulation. 2. By mutual agreement or unilaterally by the Educational Instructor PROHECO. 3. By act of God or force majeure. 4. For inability and manifest negligence of the "Educational Instructor PROHECO" in the performance of the position, duly proven. 5. For irregularities practiced to the detriment of the State. 6. For any act of violence, insult, slander, mistreatment or serious misconduct in which the "Educational Instructor PROHECO" may incur during their work, against their superiors or coworkers. Serious misconduct shall be understood as when the normal development of educational activities is endangered. 7. All material damage caused willfully to buildings, works, vehicles, equipment, furniture, instruments and other objects related to work and all serious negligence that endangers the safety of persons and property. 8. For any immoral and criminal act duly proven that the "Educational Instructor PROHECO" commits at the educational center, compromising its image. 9. When the "Educational Instructor PROHECO" fails to attend work without authorized permission or without justified cause, for two (2) complete and consecutive days or for three (3) business days within a period of one (1) month. 10. For misuse of material provided to the educational center. 11. Death of the Educational Instructor PROHECO, or physical or mental incapacity of the same that makes it impossible to fulfill their work. 12. For the existence of a common Educational Center and PROHECO at a distance of less than three (3) kilometers without justifying its operation.

The enrollment range for the operation of PROHECO educational centers is as follows: OF EDUCATIONAL CENTERS WITH ONE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR PROHECO. 1. In PROHECO educational centers in isolated rural areas, enrollment may not be less than 15 students, nor exceed thirty-five (35) students. 2. In PROHECO educational centers in rural areas with communication facilities, enrollment may not be less than 20 students, nor exceed thirty-five (35) students.

Low enrollment is considered when an educational center is in an enrollment range between 10 and 14 students and due to its access it is considered a provable special case, shall be authorized for operation by means of an opinion issued by the Legal Unit of PROHECO and authorized by the General Coordination of PROHECO. These Educational Centers shall be supervised by personnel from the Decentralized Level and provide monthly reports of them to the General Coordination PROHECO. OF EDUCATIONAL CENTERS WITH MORE THAN ONE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR PROHECO. 1. In PROHECO educational centers that have two or more Educational Instructors PROHECO, there must exist an enrollment ratio of 20 students for each educational instructor PROHECO. TITLE VI CHAPTER VI STRUCTURE OF POSITIONS SINGLE CHAPTER

The Executing Units of the Honduran Program of Community Education PROHECO shall be classified and broken down in the following manner in the Special Regime. CENTRAL LEVEL. 1. General Coordination PROHECO. 2. General Subcoordination PROHECO. 3. Human Talent Unit PROHECO. 4. Legal Unit PROHECO. 5. Planning and Evaluation Unit PROHECO. 6. Administrative Unit PROHECO. 7. Pre-intervention Unit PROHECO. 8. Technical Pedagogical Unit PROHECO. DECENTRALIZED LEVEL. 1. Departmental Coordinator PROHECO. 2. Sectional Coordinator PROHECO. 3. Administrative Assistants PROHECO. 4. Promoter in Educational Management PROHECO. 5. Educational Instructor PROHECO. TITLE VII CHAPTER VII ADMINISTRATION OF PROHECO PERSONNEL. RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL

The functions of recruitment, selection and appointment of the Educational Instructor PROHECO of the Honduran Program of Community Education shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of this Regime. 1. The Educational Instructor PROHECO must have fulfilled all administrative or pedagogical obligations before the Ministry of Education. 2. Teachers who become part of the PROHECO special regime as Educational Instructors PROHECO shall work on an interim basis through a professional services contract. 3. PROHECO teachers who apply for the position of Educational Instructor PROHECO and do not meet the requirements and provisions may continue to be appointed on an interim basis. 4. In PROHECO educational centers that present low enrollment, due to their particularity they may not have appointed Educational Instructors PROHECO. 5. PROHECO teachers hired in educational centers located at a distance of less than 3 kilometers from an official educational center and where the mobility of students represents insecurity or danger may enter the PROHECO special regime by presenting said justification in writing; signed and sealed by the corresponding Municipal Administration. 6. PROHECO teachers hired in educational centers located at a distance of less than 3 kilometers from an official educational center and where due to the student population they cannot be served by an official educational center; may enter the PROHECO special regime by presenting said justification in writing; signed and sealed by the corresponding Municipal Administration. 7. In the process of initial appointment in compliance with Presidential Agreement 001-2022 of Educational Instructors entering the special regime who have been working on an interim basis in the PROHECO program, and the educational center does not meet the enrollment to appoint all teachers as educational instructors, priority must be given to those with the most years of service in the PROHECO program. TITLE VIII CHAPTER VIII OF DEVELOPMENT AND LABOR MOBILITY

The development of personnel and Educational Instructor PROHECO functions through which prospects in service are identified to fulfil quality education, avoiding them from causing low academic performance in the student population and school dropout, preparing them for their current and future performance, through the Technical Pedagogical Unit essential for the development of the Instructor's career.

Educational Instructors PROHECO, once appointed in a permanent position, may not be transferred to another educational center without first having completed one year of the appointment and presenting all evidence that proves each point. Types of transfer: 1. Personal Safety. 2. Illness. 3. Family Integration. 4. Place of origin. 5. Act of God, force majeure.

Educational Instructors PROHECO working in PROHECO educational centers may permute in the exercise of their position, having completed one year of appointment, respecting equal conditions, provided it is by mutual agreement prior to an opinion issued by the Legal Unit PROHECO.

Permutations are prohibited when at least one of the Educational Instructors PROHECO is within three (3) years prior to the age of voluntary retirement and after the age of retirement (age for women 60 years and men 65 years).

The Departmental Coordinator of PROHECO receives and reviews the transfer request and remits it to the Human Talent Unit of the Departmental Education Administration, so that it is ruled upon by the Legal Unit, subsequently this file with its opinion shall be remitted to the Central Unit of PROHECO.

Upon verifying low enrollment (14 students) in the Educational Center and high enrollment (41) students it would be necessary to compensate the need in this Educational Center through a relocation in the same or another modality, this procedure shall be carried out with Educational Instructors PROHECO with the least seniority of entry to the Educational Center. TITLE IX CHAPTER IX OF THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTORS PROHECO

The evaluation of Educational Instructors PROHECO shall have as its purpose determining the quality and performance in the performance of the position, which shall be conducted once a year or when required by the PROHECO program.

The evaluation of Educational Instructors PROHECO shall be conducted in the following manner: Diagnostic, Formative and Summative Evaluation, under a percentage value of 100%. The total sum obtained in each evaluation shall constitute their final score. TITLE X CHAPTER X OF THE DISCIPLINARY REGIME FIRST SECTION OF ORIENTATION, DISCIPLINARY MERITS AND RECOGNITION

Discipline is determined as the set of professional attitudes and behaviors of personnel, which contribute to high-quality educational processes and results. The disciplinary regime is the set of legal and administrative provisions that stimulate or correct those attitudes and behaviors.

Disciplinary merits are manifestations of attitude and behaviors that exceed the levels of simple compliance and that, therefore, are exemplary. TITLE XI CHAPTER XI SECOND SECTION OF SANCTIONS AND DISCHARGE PROTOCOLS

A fault or violation or omission of obligations and provisions of this Special Regime and other applicable laws is considered, as well as actions or omissions that warrant the profession or diminish the quality of service. Faults are classified as: Minor, serious, and very serious. Their specification shall be established in this Special Regime.

The following shall be imposed on the PROHECO Educational Instructor, by obligation and prohibitions enumerated in Articles 11 and 13 of this regulation: 1. Private verbal or written reprimand. 2. Written reprimand, with copy in the professional file. 3. Suspension from work without pay for 8 calendar days. 4. Dismissal. Without prejudice to civil and criminal liability. To be applied in the following manner: Minor faults: a. Private verbal or written reprimand b. Written reprimand, with copy in the professional file. Serious faults: a. Suspension from work without pay for 8 calendar days. Very serious faults: a. For two serious faults within 6 months. b. Dismissal without prejudice to civil and criminal liability.

The sanction shall be applied according to the severity of the fault, without regard to the order in which they are set forth in the preceding Articles and without prejudice to the deduction of civil and criminal liability. The Human Resources Unit of the Departmental Education Directorate is delegated to conduct discharge hearings in which the extremes of the documentation presented by the Departmental PROHECO Coordinator of each disciplinary file shall be verified. It corresponds to apply sanctions by the Human Resources authority in the Central Unit of the program and it shall correspond to the Departmental Coordination to remit the disciplinary file with its annexes to the Human Resources Unit of PROHECO, which shall complete the process and define the disciplinary measures to be applied for each file.

Faults and sanctions shall prescribe within ninety (90) days from the knowledge by the competent authority, except when they have attached civil, criminal, or special liability.

The employee or official at the central level who knowingly disregards or fails to apply the corresponding procedure, the implementation of sanctions for the prohibitions, shall incur administrative liability and shall be deducted ex officio or by complaint of his immediate superior, without prejudice to what other laws provide in this regard. TITLE XII WORKING CONDITIONS UNIQUE CHAPTER OF THE WORK DAY

Two types of work day are established for the Instructor personnel of PROHECO educational centers: with the exception of centers with larger student populations and those that have the third cycle modality. 1. Morning Shift 2. Afternoon Shift

The PROHECO Educational Instructors may enjoy their annual vacation within the months of December and January, said vacations shall be doubly remunerated in accordance with the following periods and scales: TITLE XIV CHAPTER XIV OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR CAREER PROHECO. OF THE STRUCTURE

The PROHECO Educational Instructor shall be governed by the following organizational structures of the PROHECO program. THE SECRETARIAT OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTAL DIRECTORATES 1. Coordinates and creates facilities to ensure PROHECO's work in each department 2. Informs the District or Municipal Director of the instructions sent by PROHECO 3. Approves the founding act of the AECO, when the District or Municipal Director is not present 4. Signs together with the Legal Advisor and Departmental Secretary the documentation for the legalization of PROHECO Educational Centers in the department 5. Certifies all information requested by PROHECO, for example: Identification of communities that meet the requirements to create the basic school center and pre-basic. 6. Establishes permanent communication with the PROHECO national coordination. 7. Supports the District, Municipal Director and PROHECO Departmental Coordinator when required.

THE DISTRICT OR MUNICIPAL DIRECTORATES 1. Provides Basic National Curriculum (CNB), programming, standards, forms, daily attendance booklet, evaluation chart, grade report and other pedagogical teaching materials for PROHECO educational centers. 2. Provides technical-pedagogical guidance to the PROHECO Educational Instructor. 3. Receives statistical report from PROHECO educational centers. 4. Grants approval to requests for special permits. 5. Authorizes school registry books. 6. Participates in the identification of eligible communities for the creation of PROHECO educational centers at different levels. 7. Sends district reports to the Departmental Director of PROHECO educational centers. 8. Approves the founding act and election of the first and changes in leadership of the AECOs, organized in his educational district. 9. Coordinates and supports the monitoring and follow-up work carried out by personnel at the central and field level in the educational and administrative activities of the program. 10. Convenes teachers to attend trainings and motivates them to participate in the directors council and learning centers. 11. Visits schools, pre-basic centers and provides technical-pedagogical and administrative assistance based on weaknesses found. 12. Supports the APF and PROHECO Educational Instructor in resolving administrative and technical-pedagogical problems. 13. Ensures that the school for parents is organized and functioning. 14. Coordinates and creates facilities to ensure PROHECO's work in his educational district. 15. Guides PROHECO Educational Instructors in the development of activities that ensure the sustainability of the Program.

GENERAL COORDINATION OF PROHECO ITS SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Coordinates with the executive level of the Secretariat of Education the strategic guidelines of PROHECO. 2. Coordinates the administrative-financial activities of the program. 3. Regulates, systematizes the functioning and its operability of the central and decentralized level. 4. Provides follow-up and monitoring of agreements established between PROHECO and other institutions. 5. Plans the Annual Operational Plan of work. 6. Socializes activities at local and central level. 7. Ensures compliance with institutional goals. 8. Applies performance measurements to office and field personnel in order to maintain an efficient team. 9. Promotes the participation of civil society to improve educational quality. 10. Guides, directs, plans and supervises all actions at central and field level. 11. Directs decentralization policies through the alternative educational model. 12. Presents reports of activities developed to the Secretary of State in the Education Department.

THE SUB-COORDINATION GENERAL OF PROHECO 1. Assists the General Coordination in all activities of Planning, Organization, Execution and Evaluation of the Program. 2. Provides follow-up to compliance according to technical and administrative guidelines established by the Program authorities and the Secretariat of Education. 3. Serves as a liaison between unions, institutions, consultants and other actors for the development of specific plans. 4. Presents periodic reports of actions carried out at central and field level to the general coordination.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES UNIT OF PROHECO 1. Directs, evaluates and supervises personnel under its command at the Central Level, decentralized level, teachers and PROHECO Educational Instructors at the national level. 2. Imposes corresponding sanctions according to the Civil Service Law and other laws to program personnel. 3. Elaborates work contracts prior to approval by the General Coordination of the Program. 4. Conducts field trips for corresponding personnel supervision. 5. Conducts processes for receipt of employment files for administrative personnel at the central, decentralized level, teachers and PROHECO Educational Instructors. 6. Responds to personnel requests regarding required documentation. 7. Participates in evaluation meetings of the program and personnel of the Central Unit and field as indicated by the General Coordination. 8. Elaborates and updates files to administrative employees, teachers and PROHECO Educational Instructors. 9. Maintains control record of permits, vacation and disabilities of central level personnel. 10. Safeguards and administers the documentation of the institutional archive of the PROHECO program.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT OF PROHECO 1. Efficiently administer financial resources to comply with the goals and objectives of the program. 2. Implement procedures and administrative controls for efficient use of financial resources. 3. Elaborates the Annual Operational Plan of the Administrative Unit. 4. Elaborates the purchasing and contracting plan PACC. 5. Manage with the Finance Secretariat the resources coming from international financing sources, as well as the needs for counterpart contributions of national funds. 6. Act as counterpart providing all information required by the interventions. 7. Provides follow-up to requests for budget modifications of the program. 8. Executes all Financial transactions of the PROHECO Program.

THE TECHNICAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIT OF PROHECO The Technical Pedagogical Unit shall be responsible for developing all actions aimed at ensuring the quality and equity of educational processes in the levels of Pre-basic Education, Basic Education in its three cycles and the Media Education Level offered by the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), and shall also comply with the following functions: 1. Participate in the formulation of the draft POA Budget Oriented to Results of the Honduran Community Education Program, (PROHECO). 2. Elaborate the strategic, operational, annual and action planning, based on Results-Based Management of its Unit. 3. Develop and coordinate educational research processes at communal, educational center and classroom level, which contribute to improving pedagogical practice and decision-making. 4. Ensure compliance with the curricular policy established in the Basic National Curriculum (CNB), the Curricular Designs of Pre-basic Education and Basic Education and curricular concretion tools made official by the Secretariat of State in the Education Department, which guides the technical pedagogical management of the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO). 5. Design, elaborate, validate and implement institutional and Pedagogical strengthening strategies at the classroom level and other documents as required. 6. Strengthen the capacities and competencies of the technical level of this Coordination at Central Level and the teams of Departmental Pedagogical Advisors, at Decentralized level, in pursuit of improvement of educational quality. 7. Coordinate with the unit of the Human Resources Unit of the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), the training processes directed to human resources of the Central and Decentralized Level, respectively, in the areas of legal, pedagogical, administrative management of human talent and financial resources and community and school participation. 8. Articulate the processes of supervision and accompaniment to educational management carried out by the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), within the framework of the National System of supervision and teacher accompaniment. 9. Align the evaluation processes to educational management carried out by the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), within the framework of policies and strategies dictated by the General Directorate of Curriculum and Evaluation. 10. Coordinate with the unit of Legal Affairs Management of the Central Level, the promotion, organization, and functioning of Community Educational Associations (AECOS), for the creation of Pre-basic and Basic educational centers. 11. Provide follow-up to the organization and functionality of instances of community and school participation in educational centers of the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO). 12. Issue technical opinions in pedagogical matters implemented by the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO). 13. Issue quarterly all original and relevant documentation that warrants its custody and safekeeping in the Records Unit. 14. Other functions inherent to the Coordination of Technical Pedagogical Management, assigned by the General Coordination.

THE LEGAL UNIT OF PROHECO Unit responsible for managing and conducting the procedure to make effective the legalization of the AECOS. Its Functions: 1. Maintains a file of approved Legal Personalities of the AECO at the national level. 2. Receives, reviews and issues an opinion on documentation regarding agreements, licenses of Educational Instructors. 3. Requests Legal Personality of the AECOs. 4. Receives, reviews and processes documentation for the opening of PROHECO educational centers. 5. Advises central and field unit personnel in labor conflicts. 6. Drafts legal opinions. 7. Systematizes the legal process with Control of correspondence received and sent to the units of the program and departments of the Secretariat of Education. 8. Provides Legal Advice to each of the actions that result in PROHECO's work. 9. Other matters assigned by the General Coordination of PROHECO.

DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION In each department, a PROHECO office functions, in charge of the coordinator and his or her administrative financial assistant, its location is generally in the Departmental Directorate and this office: 1. Directs the process of promotion, organization and strengthening of the AECOs, of the PROHECO Educational Centers. 2. Maintains a special file of the documentation of the AECOs and educational centers. 3. Sends the statistical documentation and request for Legal Personality to the Central PROHECO office. 4. Provides logistical support for training processes. 5. Coordinates and monitors field work. 6. Knows and establishes a direct relationship with the governing boards of the AECOs. 7. Performs management and self-management activities of the AECOs in the following manner:

1. Verifies the identification of communities to be organized. 2. Reviews and evaluates the work of promoters in educational management. Documentation concerning the creation of new AECOs and sends it to the central office. 3. Plans field work in accordance with the guidelines of the Program's Annual Operational Plan. 4. Attends and participates in training actions provided by the program, the Departmental Directorate, District Directorate, units of the Ministry of Education and other institutions. 5. Direct responsible for the proper functioning of the AECOs, promoters in educational management and promotes community participation and other activities recommended by the General Coordination. 6. Presents reports to the General Coordination.

DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION The promoters in educational management constitute the work team that is closest to the AECOs and each one of the direct authors of community development. Their main functions are: 1. Facilitates the processes of promotion, organization and diagnostic research of communities with possible PROHECO impact. 2. Advises, facilitates the processes and spaces for self-management of each of the organizations responsible for administering the communal educational component. 3. Attends and participates in training processes contemplated in the program of the Ministry of Education or other related institutions. 4. Reports on his or her work activities. TITLE XV CHAPTER XV DISTRIBUTION OF THE SALARY SCALE TO THE PROHECO EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR.

PROHECO Educational Instructors who hold a degree in Education shall be assigned a salary in accordance with Agreement 01-2022 approved by the Presidency of the Republic, of the PROHECO Community Education Program. The monthly salary of PROHECO Educational Instructors shall be broken down in the following manner for the period comprised from the years 2022 to the year 2025, according to Agreement 001-2022, the salary increase shall be made to PROHECO Educational Instructor who holds a degree in Education in the PROHECO Community Education program, being detailed in the following table, the amounts by year. AGREEMENT No. 4655-SE-2024 TITLE XV CHAPTER XV DISTRIBUTION OF THE SALARY SCALE TO THE PROHECO EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTOR.

PROHECO Educational Instructors who hold a degree in Education shall be assigned a salary in accordance with Agreement 01-2022 approved by the Presidency of the Republic, of the PROHECO Community Education program. The monthly salary of PROHECO Educational Instructors shall be broken down in the following manner for the period comprised from the years 2022 to the year 2025, according to Agreement 001-2022, the salary increase shall be made to PROHECO Educational Instructor who holds a degree in Education in the PROHECO Community Education program, being detailed in the following table, the amounts by year. Year Position Description Base Salary Salary Increase Total Salary Effective Date of Increase PROHECO Educational Instructor 9,800.00 500.00 10,300.00 1-Jul-22 PROHECO Educational Instructor 10,300.00 800.00 11,100.00 1-Jan-23 PROHECO Educational Instructor 11,100.00 1,000.00 12,100.00 1-Jan-24 PROHECO Educational Instructor 12,100.00 1,200.00 13,300.00 1-Jan-25 TITLE XVII CHAPTER XVII OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE XVII CHAPTER XVII OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS

The rights recognized by this regulation may not be diminished, misrepresented or ignored and any provision in that sense shall be null ipso jure.

The Regime shall contain a Chapter of Definitions, for better understanding of the terms used.

Cases not provided for in this Regulation, its Specific Regimes, Manuals and other educational laws shall be governed by the provisions of Administrative Law or, in the absence thereof, and other applicable laws.

Interim appointments must be made by agreement, in cases where there is a vacancy and in the place of the position there is not a profile of bachelor's degree in the educational area.

PROHECO Educational Instructors with a bachelor's degree in the educational area who occupy a vacant position must be appointed with a Permanent Agreement.

Interim PROHECO Educational Instructors must be appointed within the period comprised from the month of February to November.

Interim PROHECO Educational Instructors who cover leaves on account of Maternity / Illness may be appointed with the following educational levels: a. Non-teaching degree (Secondary Education degree and bachelor's degree in non-educational area). b. Graduates of Normal School or teaching degree. c. Bachelor's degree in the educational area.

The salary of Interim PROHECO Educational Instructors shall be those assigned in accordance with the educational level and in conformity with the General Provisions of the General Budget of the Republic for the PROHECO Program.

PLANNING AND EVALUATION UNIT a. Designs and distributes the forms and instructions for educational statistical data collection, by departments. b. Generation of Statistical Reports for internal and external PROHECO users. c. Basic administration of the computer network and its respective peripherals. d. Collection of statistical information by the Auxiliaries of Educational Strengthening (Departmental Coordinator). e. Design of graphs and educational and financial indicators for publication. f. Prepares and presents the Statistics of PROHECO students. g. Provides basic assistance and information to PROHECO personnel. h. Develops an analytical statistical report of PROHECO students and educational centers.

i. Supplies statistical information to the Ministry of Education and other institutions. j. Supports the General Directorate on presentations of achievements and progress. k. Propose to the General Directorate of the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), the processes of strategic planning and evaluation of management that will be developed at the Central and Decentralized Level. l. Coordinate the preparation of the draft Annual Operational Plan Budget oriented to results of the Honduran Community Education Program (PROHECO), ensuring the application of the guidelines established by the Planning and Evaluation Unit of management of the State Secretariat in the Ministry of Education. m. Develop strategic, operational, annual and action planning, based on management by Results in coordination with the units that make up the Program.

PRE-INTERVENTION UNIT a. Conduct the review of receipts, expense reports, quotations, requisitions and purchase orders. b. Approval of travel allowance processes, budget allocations and travel plans. c. Generate pertinent communications regarding observations and corrections. d. Verify that all administrative procedures are contemplated in the Annual Operational Plan (POA) and in the Annual Procurement Plan (PACC). e. Verify that all expenditures of processes on the acquisition of goods and services have budgetary availability. f. Review and approval of teacher payroll at the national level. g. Maintain an updated record of payrolls paid by department, educational levels and number of teachers. h. Review and approval of payroll of central and decentralized level personnel. i. Organize work in coordination with his or her immediate superior. j. Attend to all information requirements (inquiries, reports and others) in matters of specialty presented to him or her. k. Participate in meetings, events, committees and working groups in which aspects related to his or her area are studied. l. Perform any other activity inherent to the position that may be assigned by his or her superior. SECOND: This Regulation shall enter into force as of the date of its publication in the Official Journal ¨La Gaceta¨. COMMUNICATE AND PUBLISH PROFESSOR DANIEL ENRIQUE ESPONDA VELÁSQUEZ STATE SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. ABG. EDWIN EMILIO OLIVA GENERAL SECRETARY