After saying that the National High School Exam (ENEM) has finally begun to take on the features of its conservative government, President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) declared on Wednesday (18) that the test was never used to measure students' knowledge . "Look at the pattern of Enem in Brazil. For God's sake. Does that measure any knowledge? Or is it political activism and behavioral issues?" declared Bolsonaro during a visit to Qatar, part of his tour of the Middle East.
Despite this, the president assured that he did not see this year's test in advance. "I didn't see it, I didn’t look at it, I don't know it," he declared. The realization of the ENEM, which is scheduled to start next Sunday (21), was shaken in recent days by the resignation of several servers from the leadership positions they had held at the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research, the organizer of the test.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon