Failed in Enem 2026

Those enrolled in the National High School Examination (Enem) 2026 answered 45 language questions and another 45 humanities questions this Sunday (8). The theme of the essay in 2026 was: “The valorization of the Unified Health System (SUS) as a universal right”.

See topics that were included in this year's test:

Issues that involved the reality of women, black people and indigenous people;

Questions about linguistic variation, regionalism;

Issues related to Amazonian culture and indigenous culture outside Brazil;

Use of texts by Clarice Lispector, but nothing specifically about her;

Text by writer Lygia Fagundes Telles.

“It was a test that made the students face Brazil and think about Brazil in its diversities and minorities”, says Luciane Bernardi, Languages ​​teacher at the Poli Cursinho.

Testlet methodology

The so-called testlet methodology, when questions are created based on a block of reference text, was expanded in this edition of Enem. Second, Luciane Bernardi, there were five questions based on testlets.

About Enem

Enem is the main gateway to higher education, and allows candidates to apply for places at public and private universities across the country. More than 5 million had their registrations confirmed for the edition, according to the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), responsible for the exam.