The abstention rate on the first day of the 2025 National Secondary School Examination (Enem) reached 27% of participants, Education Minister Camilo Santana reported on Sunday (9/11). In total, 4.8 million students registered for the test.
This percentage is similar to what was recorded in 2024, when 26.6% of those registered stopped attending.
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Enem tests were conducted in 1,804 municipalities across the country. The second day of testing will be held next Sunday, November 16.
On this first day, candidates had 5 hours and 30 minutes to answer 90 objective questions, related to the field of languages and humanities, and an essay in Portuguese.
This Sunday’s questions covered: Portuguese; Literature; Foreign language (English or Spanish); date; Geography; Philosophy, sociology, arts, physical education and ICT.
The topic of the article was “Perspectives on Aging in Brazilian Society.”
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Candidates arrive to take Enem
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Students wait for the gates to open for the first day of the National Secondary Examination (Enem)
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The heroes lament the closing of the Enem Gate
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Spider-Man is saddened by the loss of Enem
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A group of friends dressed as superheroes appeared moments after the doors closed, at one in the afternoon, claiming that they would be conducting tests and asking to enter.
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Stephanie Rodriguez, 18, also “woke up early” and arrived at 10:30 a.m.
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Different dates
Three municipalities in Pará will have a different timeline for submitting testing requests. Exceptionally, Belém, Ananendua and Maritoba will apply on November 30 and December 7.
The measure is intended to better serve students at these locations, due to the logistical impacts of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which will be held in the state during the period in which testing is being conducted nationwide.
Another location that will have a different history is Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, a city in Paraná that was devastated by a hurricane on Friday (7/11). Almost the entire urban structure of the municipality was damaged.
The Ministry of Education (MEC) has not yet determined the new date for testing in the city, but it is believed that it will be the same as in the municipalities of Pará.
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