In another political defeat, the Bolsonaro government announces the postponement of the ENEM exam.

247 - The Ministry of Education (MEC) and the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep) announced this Wednesday (20) that this year's Enem (National High School Exam) will be postponed by 30 to 60 days. The exam was initially scheduled for November, and should now take place in December or January 2021. On average, 5 million candidates participate in the Enem. According to the ministry, more than 4 million have registered for this year's exam so far. 

"Attentive to the demands of society and the pronouncements of the Legislative Branch regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the 2020 National High School Exam (Enem), the National Institute for Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep) and the Ministry of Education (MEC) have decided to postpone the application of the exams in both printed and digital versions. The dates will be postponed by 30 to 60 days in relation to what was foreseen in the official announcements," says an official statement.

"To that end, Inep will conduct a survey directed at those registered for the 2020 Enem exam, to be carried out in June, through the Participant's Page. Registration for the exam remains open until 23:59 pm this Friday, May 22nd," it adds. 

The institutions announced that the registration period for the exam...
remains unchanged. The deadline for registration ends at 23:59 pm this Friday (22).

The minister had been resisting the initiative to postpone the exam, which generated much criticism because of the coronavirus pandemic, which leaves Brazil in fourth place in the world ranking of confirmed cases (275,3), according to the Worldometers platform. The United States is in first place (1,5 million). Russia (308) occupies second place, followed by Spain (279).