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While countries are postponing their university entrance exams due to the new coronavirus pandemic, registration for Enem (National High School Examination) 2020 opened on Monday (11).
Registration opens on the calendar of the Inep (National Institute of Studies and Research), a body linked to the Ministry of Education and responsible for producing the test. This Monday, Inep also begins to receive applications for the registration fee exemption and requests for specialized assistance during the test (for pregnant women, nursing mothers, the elderly and people with disabilities).
Among 19 countries that have entrance exams to higher education similar to Enem, only 5 maintained the exam request schedule. Brazil is one of them.
The nearly 163,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and more than 11,100 deaths from the disease were not enough for the country to postpone the test.
Education Minister Abraham Weintraub is against procrastination: it is up to him to decide whether to change the schedule or not.
Weintraub, who in April completed a year in office with a history of controversy longer than that of the projects implemented, his actions were examined by the Presidential Ethics Council, is subject to legal proceedings and had to go to Congress to explain the R $ 7.3 billion blockade that affects from elementary school to graduate school.
For the minister, postponing Enem is a wish of left-wing politicians who want to “put an end to the expectations of 5 million Brazilians.” The statement does not allude to the fact that it received requests to review the calendar from the Consed (the body that represents the state education secretaries) and the CNE (National Council of Education), which suggested that the definition of the calendar takes into account the interruption. of classes
One of the main concerns about keeping the exam date is the possibility of worsening educational inequalities, preventing the poorest from accessing higher education.
Face-to-face classes were suspended for almost two months across the country to try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
Only at the end of April, some states resumed programming on their public networks through tele-classrooms, which is already encountering difficulty of access for those with limited access to internet service. Meanwhile, on the private network, despite the obstacles with distance learning, content continued to be taught.
In São Paulo, around 3.5 million students of the state public school study at home. In late April, the government began distributing school kits with brochures in Portuguese and mathematics, comics, educational books, and a manual to guide family members, in addition to offering classes on television, but the system has had limitations .
