Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio
| Acronym | Enem |
|---|---|
| Type | Paper-based standardized test |
| Developer / administrator | National Institute for Educational Studies and Research "Anísio Teixeira" (INEP) |
| Year started | 1998 |
| Duration | 10 hours over 2 days |
| Offered | 1 time per year |
| Countries / regions | Brazil |
| Languages | Portuguese |
| Website | enem |
Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (Brazilian Portuguese: [eˈzɐ̃mj nasjõˈnaw dw ɛ̃ˈsĩnw [ˈmɛd͡ʒjw, ˈmɛdjw]]) (Enem Brazilian Portuguese: [eˈnẽ(ĩ)]) (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 8.6 million registered candidates in 2016. It is the second largest in the world after the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, the entrance examination of higher education in China.
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 University for All Program (Programa Universidade para Todos, or ProUni), a federal scholarship program.
The ENEM is held in early November, with a small number of students taking the test in early December. The test starts at the same time across Brazil, with the starting time being based in Federal District. This results in the ENEM starting at four different times according local time zones, ranging from 10:30 am in the state of Acre to 1:30 pm in the Federal District and states of the South and Southeast regions.
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.
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