Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio

Students taking the exam in Brasília.

Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Enem) (English: National High School Exam) is a non-mandatory, standardized Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school students in Brazil. The ENEM is the most important exam of its kind in Brazil, with more than 8.7 million registered candidates in 2014.[1]

After 2009 its importance for students who want to attend college has increased, since the exam has been used both as an admission test for enrollment in 23 federal universities and 26 educational institutes, as well as for certification for a high school degree.

The test is also used by people desiring to gain points in the Programa Universidade para Todos (University for All Program, or ProUni), a federal scholarship program.

The test

Until 2008, the exam consisted of two parts: a 63 question multiple-choice test on various subjects (Portuguese, History, Geography, Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and a composition.

Since 2009, the exam has been composed of 180 multiple-choice questions, equally divided into four areas of knowledge: languages, codes and related technologies (plus a written essay); human sciences and related technologies; natural sciences and related technologies; and mathematics and its technologies. Due to the length of the test, it is applied in two consecutive days, the first lasting 270 minutes, and the second lasting 330.[2]

Even though its purpose is to be a national evaluation exam, students can use their scores to be admitted to a university, though not every university accepts it as the only admission exam. Usually private institutions, such as PUC-Rio, a major private Brazilian university, accept Enem as an admission exam. Others, such as University of São Paulo and Faculdade Cásper Líbero use the student's score as supplement to their admission credentials, depending on the student's performance.

Since 2009, most of Brazil's federal universities have used ENEM as part of their admission exams, either as the entirety of the exam, the first level, or as a way of selecting potential candidates.

On October 1, 2009, it was announced that the test, which was supposed to take place on October 3 and 4, would be cancelled and postponed to another date within a 45-day period. The decision was made by the Brazilian Ministry of Education after the original test was offered for sale by a Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo for R$ 500,000 (some US$ 278,000).[3] After contacting the source, who stated that he obtained the test via a person from Inep (an institute of the Ministry of Education),[3] the newspaper examined the exam. and the minister of education, Fernando Haddad, confirmed the leak was of the official exam. Recently, the Ministry of Education has decided to move the exam to the beginning of December, in accordance with exam periods in universities.[3]

Test structure

Day Duration Subject Questions
1st 4h 30m Natural Sciences (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) 45
Human Sciences (History, Geography, Philosophy and Sociology) 45
2nd 5h 30m Languages and Codes (Portuguese Language, Literature, Foreign Language, Physical Education, Information technology and Communication) 45
Math (Math, Geometry) 45
Composition - Dissertation - Essay Writing 1

Top schools in Brazil (2010)

(Schools with a participation rate of 75% or above)[4]

Name Location (city - state) Type Avg. grade
Colégio de São Bento Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 761.7
Instituto Dom Barreto Teresina - Piauí Private 754.13
Objetivo Colégio Integrado São Paulo - São Paulo Private 753.92
Vértice Colégio Unid. II São Paulo - São Paulo Private 743.45
Colégio Bernoulli Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais Private 741.97
Colégio Santo Antônio Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais Private 740.06
Colégio Cruzeiro - Centro Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 732.12
Educandário Santa Maria Goretti Teresina - Piauí Private 727.60
Coluni Colégio de Aplicação da UFV Viçosa - Minas Gerais Public 726.42
Colégio Santo Agostinho - Novo Leblon Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 726.26
Coleguium - Ensino Fundamental e Médio Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais Private 725.95
Colégio Magnum Agostiniano - Nova Floresta Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais Private 725.54
Colégio Andrews Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 723.81
Colégio Santo Agostinho Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 722.86
Colégio PH Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 719.92
Colégio Franco-Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 719.19
Colégio Bionatus Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul Private 718.25
Colégio Ipiranga Petrópolis - Rio de Janeiro Private 718.02
Colégio Alexander Fleming Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul Private 717.77
Escola Modelar Cambauba Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Private 716.23

References

  1. ↑ http://download.inep.gov.br/educacao_basica/enem/downloads/2013/enem2013_confirmados.pdf
  2. ↑ FAQ at ENEM's official website
  3. 1 2 3 Cafardo, Renata; Sergio Pompeu (2009-10-01). "Enem vaza e ministério anuncia cancelamento do exame" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
  4. ↑ G1 > Vestibular e Educação - NOTÍCIAS - Veja notas no Enem 2010 por escola

See also

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