Overview
- The Ministry of Education reported on Friday that 5,055,818 paid Enem registrations were confirmed for 2026, the largest confirmed field since 2020 and up about 5% from 2025.
- Enem will be applied on 8 and 15 November with individual results due in January 2027, and the 2026 edition includes automatic pre‑registration for public‑school concluents and roughly 10,000 school application sites to shorten candidate travel.
- The Prova Nacional Docente (PND) closed registrations on July 3 with 2,031 municipal and state networks enrolled and 615 indicating they will use PND scores in local teacher selection; the PND exam is scheduled for 20 September with final results on 15 December.
- Both programs include formal accessibility procedures and appeal windows: Enem candidates denied specialized attendance could file appeals until July 3 with decisions due on July 10, and PND registrants completed requests for name‑social and specialized services by the July 3 deadline.
- Officials say the twin exercises expand a single national testing architecture that will link university access programs to Saeb/Ideb measures and local hiring, a shift that could raise school‑level accountability, influence municipal recruitment calendars, and increase demand on regional testing logistics.