Enem (exam)
Encyclopedia
ENEM is a non-mandatory Brazilian national exam, which evaluates high school
education in Brazil
. The test is utilized as a stardard university entrance qualification test. ENEM is the most important exam of its kind in Brazil, with more than 4,5 million test takers in 1.698 different cities.
The test is also used by people desiring to gain points in the Programa Universidade para Todos(ProUni) and, since 2009, the grade has been used both as an admission test to enroll in 23 federal universities and 26 educational institutes, and also as certification for a high school degree in Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA). Since 2009 it has had more importance for students who want to attend college.
correction, as the student is required to fulfill some tasks, among them to write a human-rights-based composition.
From 2009 on, the examination will be composed of 180 multiple-choice questions, equally divided into four areas of knowledge: languages, codes and its technologies (plus a written essay); human sciences and its technologies; natural sciences and its technologies and mathematics and its technologies. Due to the size of the test, it will be applied in two consecutive days, one lasting for 290 minutes, and the other lasting for 330.
Even if its purpose is to be a national evaluation exam, the student can use his or her score to be admitted at a university. However, not all universities accept it as the only required admission exam. Usually, private ones, 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
may use the score of the candidate as a way of providing extra points on the final score, depending on the student's performance.
From 2009 on, most Federal Universities of Brazil will use the ENEM as part of their admission exam, either as the whole test itself, or as a first level of the exam, or even just as a way of selecting remaining 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 a man offered Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo
the original test for R$
500,000 (some US$ 278,000). After speaking to the man, who stated that he obtained the test via a person from Inep (an institute of the Ministry of Education) the newspaper examined the test with no commitment of buying it, and the minister of education, Fernando Haddad
, confirmed the test did leak.
Recently, the Ministry of Education decided to place the new exam in the beginning of December, due not to disturb the exam dates of other universities.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
education in Brazil
Education in Brazil
Education in Brazil is regulated by the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, which defines the guiding principles for the organization of education programs...
. The test is utilized as a stardard university entrance qualification test. ENEM is the most important exam of its kind in Brazil, with more than 4,5 million test takers in 1.698 different cities.
The test is also used by people desiring to gain points in the Programa Universidade para Todos(ProUni) and, since 2009, the grade has been used both as an admission test to enroll in 23 federal universities and 26 educational institutes, and also as certification for a high school degree in Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA). Since 2009 it has had more importance for students who want to attend college.
The test
Until 2008, the exam consisted in two tests: a 63 multiple-choice questions one about different subjects (Portuguese, History, Geography, Math, Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and a composition. The composition correction is different from the regular vestibularVestibular
The Vestibular is a competitive examination and is the primary and widespread system used by Brazilian universities to select their students. The Vestibular usually takes place from November to January, right before the start of school year in February or March, although certain universities hold...
correction, as the student is required to fulfill some tasks, among them to write a human-rights-based composition.
From 2009 on, the examination will be composed of 180 multiple-choice questions, equally divided into four areas of knowledge: languages, codes and its technologies (plus a written essay); human sciences and its technologies; natural sciences and its technologies and mathematics and its technologies. Due to the size of the test, it will be applied in two consecutive days, one lasting for 290 minutes, and the other lasting for 330.
Even if its purpose is to be a national evaluation exam, the student can use his or her score to be admitted at a university. However, not all universities accept it as the only required admission exam. Usually, private ones, such as PUC-Rio, a major private Brazilian university, accept Enem as an admission exam. Others, such as University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian university and one of the country's most prestigious...
and Faculdade Cásper Líbero
Faculdade Cásper Líbero
Faculdade Cásper Líbero, is a Brazilian Higher Education institution, based in São Paulo. It was founded in 1947 by journalist Cásper Líbero, and it's linked to the Cásper Líbero Foundation...
may use the score of the candidate as a way of providing extra points on the final score, depending on the student's performance.
From 2009 on, most Federal Universities of Brazil will use the ENEM as part of their admission exam, either as the whole test itself, or as a first level of the exam, or even just as a way of selecting remaining 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 a man offered Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo
O Estado de S. Paulo
O Estado de S. Paulo is a daily newspaper published in the Metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil, and distributed mainly nationally. It is owned by Grupo Estado, a holding company which publishes the Jornal da Tarde and owns the radios Rádio Eldorado AM and FM and the Agência Estado, largest...
the original test for R$
Brazilian real
The real is the present-day currency of Brazil. Its sign is R$ and its ISO code is BRL. It is subdivided into 100 centavos ....
500,000 (some US$ 278,000). After speaking to the man, who stated that he obtained the test via a person from Inep (an institute of the Ministry of Education) the newspaper examined the test with no commitment of buying it, and the minister of education, Fernando Haddad
Fernando Haddad
Fernando Haddad is a Brazilian academic and politician of Lebanese origin. He is currently the Minister of Education in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff..-Biography:...
, confirmed the test did leak.
Recently, the Ministry of Education decided to place the new exam in the beginning of December, due not to disturb the exam dates of other universities.
Top 20: Best schools in Brazil 2010 (only schools with a participation rate of 75% or above—released in 2011)
| Name | Location (city - state) | Type | Avg. grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colégio de São Bento Colégio de São Bento, Rio de Janeiro Colégio de São Bento is a Benedictine school for boys in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil with a history that dates back 150 years. Colégio de São Bento is managed by Benedictine monks, since the school was founded in 1858 on the hills overlooking Rio de Janeiro's harbor and the Guanabara Bay, adjacent to... |
Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 761.7 |
| Instituto Dom Barreto | Teresina Teresina Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. It is located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast.It is therefore, the only capital in the Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 814 439 inhabitants, it is the 19th... - Piauí Piauí Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland... |
Private | 754.13 |
| Objetivo Colégio Integrado | São Paulo - São Paulo São Paulo (state) São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil... |
Private | 753.92 |
| Vértice Colégio Unid. II | São Paulo - São Paulo São Paulo (state) São Paulo is a state in Brazil. It is the major industrial and economic powerhouse of the Brazilian economy. Named after Saint Paul, São Paulo has the largest population, industrial complex, and economic production in the country. It is the richest state in Brazil... |
Private | 743.45 |
| Colégio Bernoulli | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... - Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
Private | 741.97 |
| Colégio Santo Antônio | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... - Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
Private | 740.06 |
| Colégio Cruzeiro - Centro | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 732.12 |
| Educandário Santa Maria Goretti | Teresina Teresina Teresina is the capital and most populous municipality in the Brazilian state of Piauí. It is located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast.It is therefore, the only capital in the Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. With 814 439 inhabitants, it is the 19th... - Piauí Piauí Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland... |
Private | 727.60 |
| Coluni Colégio de Aplicação da UFV | Viçosa Viçosa, Minas Gerais Viçosa is a Brazilian city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the Zona da Mata, 142 km southeast of the state capital of Belo Horizonte. As of 2004 its population is estimated to be 73,121 and the area of the municipality is 279 km². The altitude is 648 meters... - Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
Public | 726.42 |
| Colégio Santo Agostinho - Novo Leblon | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 726.26 |
| Coleguium - Ensino Fundamental e Médio | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... - Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
Private | 725.95 |
| Colégio Magnum Agostiniano - Nova Floresta | Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country... - Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... |
Private | 725.54 |
| Colégio Andrews | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 723.81 |
| Colégio Santo Agostinho | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 722.86 |
| Colégio PH | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 719.92 |
| Colégio Franco-Brasileiro | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 719.19 |
| Colégio Bionatus | Campo Grande Campo Grande -Climate:Campo Grande has a highland tropical climate, semi-humid, hot, and notably seasonal, with a dry winter season from May through September or October. Under the Koppen climate classification Campo Grande features a tropical wet and dry climate, albeit a noticeably cooler version of the... - Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising... |
Private | 718.25 |
| Colégio Ipiranga | Petrópolis Petrópolis Petrópolis , also known as The Imperial City of Brazil, is a town in the state of Rio de Janeiro, about 65 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro.... - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 718.02 |
| Colégio Alexander Fleming | Campo Grande Campo Grande -Climate:Campo Grande has a highland tropical climate, semi-humid, hot, and notably seasonal, with a dry winter season from May through September or October. Under the Koppen climate classification Campo Grande features a tropical wet and dry climate, albeit a noticeably cooler version of the... - Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising... |
Private | 717.77 |
| Escola Modelar Cambauba | Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (state) Rio de Janeiro is one of the 27 states of Brazil.Rio de Janeiro has the second largest economy of Brazil behind only São Paulo state.The state of Rio de Janeiro is located within the Brazilian geopolitical region classified as the Southeast... |
Private | 716.23 |