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The Federal Court of São Paulo determined tonight that the edition of Enem 2020 (National High School Exam) be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decision also marks the deadline for requesting an exemption from the registration fee, which ends today, which will be postponed for 15 days. Wanted for TwitterAGU (Advocacia-Geral da União) states that it has not yet been notified of the decision.
The digital exam is scheduled for October 11 and 18 and the physical tests will be applied on November 1 and 8.
The decision is signed by Judge Marisa Claudia Gonçalves Cucio, of the 12th Civil Court. The magistrate welcomed a request for public civil action proposed by the DPU (Defensoria Pública da União), determining that the testing schedule is appropriate for the reality of the school year, which is suspended in many places due to isolation policies determined by states or even the federal government. Therefore, there is no fixed date for the exam.
DPU argues that not all students have access to distance education
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In the text, Cucio mentions that the suspension of classes prevents access to information on topics related to Enem, “It is evident that public school students are deprived of classes and access to their schools, places where information is shared”, state.
The magistrate also made an addition that it cannot be claimed that even private schools would be “offering video classes or similar activities.”
Inep (Anísio Teixeira National Institute for Educational Studies and Research), an autarchy linked to the Ministry of Education, is currently responsible for Enem. Wanted for TwitterThe agency has yet to comment on the decision.
Defender talks about social inequality
As a justification for the postponement, the Union Public Defender’s Office states that keeping the original Enem date can harm students who do not have access to computers or the Internet, either to watch distance learning content (EAD) or to formulate fee waiver requirements. .
“The economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic have placed and will continue to place many citizens in a situation of insufficiency due to the loss of their jobs, the closure of commerce and their own businesses, among others.”
Minister postponing examination is “killing a generation”
Education Minister Abraham Weintraub said live on Instagram today that he would be “killing a generation” if he postponed Enem to 2021. “And what I want is for another global epidemic to come in ten years from Asia, we have the best doctors. Interrupting Enem and leaving him until 2021 would be like killing a generation of doctors, engineers, accountants … “, said the minister.
For Weintraub, even with schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, “distance learning is a normal lesson, it is a given lesson.” He also justified that the exam is a competition and that it is “more difficult for everyone”.
“They [os críticos que querem cancelar o Enem] they say: people cannot prepare. But it is difficult for everyone. It’s a competition. We will select the people who are best prepared to be doctors in ten years, nurses, engineers, accountants, “Weintraub said.
