On February 1991, Doctor Jaar received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Systems Analysis and Engineering from The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, and on May 1993, he received a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Economics at The American University, Washington, District of Columbia.
In 1994 after graduating from The American University, Washington District of Columbia., Jaar returned to his home in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and became a professor at the local university, Universidad de San Pedro Sula in 1995. His teaching responsibilities included a wide range of subjects from economics to operations research. In 2004, Doctor Jaar founded Fundacion Educar, a non-profit organization that provides refurbished computers free of charge to public schools and to less fortunate communities in Honduras www.fundaeducar.org with the support of Computadores Para Educar from Colombia.
Mr Jaar was part of the organization committee of the XXVII Model Organization of American States General Assembly (MOAS) celebrated in San Pedro Sula, Honduras 27–30 April 2009 and has successfully organized presidential debates in Honduras for the past 2 presidential elections., and has organized for several years, along with the United States Embassy in Honduras and Fundacion Covelo, the program " Sueño Hondureño" to encourage students from public schools to form their own micro-enterprises and provides real-world business experience Dean’s Commendation List at The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia in 2008 Consejo Iberoamericano en Honor a la Calidad Educativa awarded Mr.
Dean’s Commendation List at The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia Doctor Ricardo J. Jaar has also received numerous awards for his efforts in the education field, among them: Galardón Louisiana Concordia, given by The German Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), and COHEP the Honduran National Business Council, for best practices in Social responsibility. in 2008 Consejo Iberoamericano en Honor a la Calidad Educativa awarded Mr. Jaar the Title Honoris Causa de Iberoamerica and the Honorific Title of Master en Gestión Educativa de Iberoamérica.
He became a member of the Board of Directors of this institution and today, eventually becoming the Director of that Board, Executive President of the University, and President of Campus Television, the first HD television station in the country. Other positions held by Doctor Jaar in the Honduran community are: Member of the board of directors of Villanueva Industrial Park (first private industrial park in Honduras employing over 10,000 individuals), Member of the Board of Directors of INTERLEASE South America de Curriculum Vitae (vehicle leasing company) and Counselor to the Board of Directors of Fundación Hondureña de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial FUNDAHRSE.
