Last Saturday, January 18, the Minister of Education, Abraham Weintraub, and the President of the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep), Alexandre Lopes, confirmed the flaws in some notes of the National High School Exam (And either) 2019.
At first, the complaints were related only to the exams on the second day of the exam. However, Weintraub reported having identified some inconsistencies on the first day as well.
About 3.9 million people took the tests on November 3 and 10, 2019. Of the total, it is estimated that six thousand people were affected with the correction error.
However, the Minister of Education stresses that the problem will be resolved. A press conference will be held later today, January 20, from 7 pm.
understand the error
According to Weintraub, the failure occurred when correcting the templates, when linking the proof of one color to the template of another.
As the minister mentions, the error was made by the Valid graphics, responsible for the layout, printing and sending of the proof package to Correios.
Because the exam is performed with four types of tests, of different colors, and each with a specific feedback, the mistake occurred in the candidate's identification and in the color of the test made by he.
That is, the person answered the test of one color only that had as correction criteria the template of another.
Candidates reached
In the first instance, the Minister of Education had mentioned as being reached “something like 0.1%” of the candidates who took the exam – the equivalent of 3,900 candidates”.
After that, the president of Inep warned that the failures could reach “up to” 39 thousand people (1%). But, he soon pointed out that “it doesn't reach 9 thousand”.
However, Lopes informs that in exact numbers, the inconsistency was located in four tests by Viçosa (MG). But, it can be present in other states as well.
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Actions by MEC and Inep to solve the case
Until Saturday, January 18, the Ministry of Education (MEC) had seen failures only on the second day of the test (mathematics and humanities).
However, on Sunday, January 19, Inep reported that errors could also be made in the tests on the first day (language and writing).
Given that a task force was carried out by the MEC to solve the case, the agency published an official note saying that “this Monday (20), the institute will release the results of the action".
Sisu Calendar
Even in the face of inconsistencies in the grades, Weintraub claims to keep the enrollment calendar for the Unified Selection System (Sisu).
Registration for the process starts on Tuesday, January 21st, and runs through Friday, January 24th.
In total, 237,128 places are available in 128 institutions throughout Brazil.
Error history in Enem
This is not the first time that exam issues have been reported. Also in relation to the 2019 edition, there was a leak of one page of the test during the first day of application, on November 3rd.
See how the error history in previous years:
- 2009: Test stolen and had to reschedule the exam date.
- 2010 and 2011: Printing failures, with repeated questions.
- 2012: Through the dissemination of the mirrors, it became possible to identify excerpts that escape the theme, which became a criterion for zeroing the score.
- 2014: Leakage of an essay theme (Children's Advertising in Brazil) before the start of the test.
- 2015: Test leak rumors but no evidence.
- 2015: Two people arrested by the Federal Police for being caught with support materials for writing the essay.
- 2017: Two people left the exam site, before the time allowed, with the question book.
- 2019: The printer responsible for printing the exam, RR Donnelley, went bankrupt and Inep hired another one without going through a bidding process. Even, according to Weintraub, this printer was responsible for the failure in transmitting information.
*With information from G1
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