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Enem absence rate rises to 32% on first day of exams
The Enem is Brazil’s National High School Exam.
On Sunday, 32% of registered candidates missed the first day of this year’s tests.
That was up from 27% in each of the previous two editions.
The absence rate was the highest since 2020, when more than half of candidates missed exams during the pandemic.
Brazil’s Education Ministry attributed the rise to automatic registration of public-school students.
A higher absence rate means fewer registered candidates sat the test that day.
The Enem had an absence rate of 32% on the first day of exams, held on Sunday, 8 November.
The rate was 27% in each of the two previous editions.
It was the highest absence rate since 2020, when more than half of candidates missed the exam during the pandemic.
The Education Ministry attributed the increase to automatic enrollment of public-school students.
- Who
- Enem candidates.
- What
- The absence rate on the first day of exams rose to 32%.
- When
- Sunday, 8 November 2026.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- The Education Ministry attributed the rise to automatic enrollment of public-school students.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
More than half of candidates were absent during the pandemic.
The absence rate was 27% in each edition.
The first day of Enem exams had an absence rate of 32%.
- First-day absence rate
- 32%
- Previous two editions
- 27% absent in each
- Exam date
- 8 November 2026
- Highest rate since
- 2020
- Ministry's explanation
- Automatic enrollment of public-school students