Several Brazilian municipalities announced free public transport for those enrolled in the 2024 National High School Exam (Enem) who will take the tests this Sunday (3) and next, November 10.
In 17 Brazilian capitals, the free pass will only be valid for some of the available modes such as subway, trains, buses or shared bicycles.
In other Brazilian cities, local managers announce measures related to transport, such as: increasing the number of lines in circulation, activating lines that normally do not operate on Sundays, extending opening hours during races and reducing intervals between trips.
During the month of October, the Brazilian Union of Secondary Students (Ubes), which represents around 40 million students in the country, asked the state and Federal District governments and the city halls of the 27 Brazilian capitals to provide free public transport for those enrolled in the exam, with the aim of ensuring the participation of as many young people as possible.
According to the institution, on average, around 48% of students registered for the exam missed exam days due to financial difficulties in paying for public transport tickets.
Free
Survey carried out by Ubes and Brazil Agency points out that at least 17 capitals will have at least one free mode of transport for Enem candidates.
- Aracaju;
- Belém and metropolitan region;
- Belo Horizonte – free shared bikes;
- Boa Vista – based on a request from students to the city hall
- Campo Grande;
- Florianópolis – refund statement;
- Strength;
- João Pessoa;
- Maceió;
- Christmas;
- Porto Alegre – TRI card released for students;
- Porto Velho – for public school students;
- Rio Branco;
- Salvador – state government guarantees free subway service
- São Luís;
- São Paulo; and
- Teresina
In an interview with Brazil Agency this Saturday (2) the president of Ubes, Hugo Silva, emphasized that ensuring a free pass on Enem days is essential to expanding students’ access to higher education.
“We want no student to be left behind, making education a possible path for every young Brazilian to university. Guaranteeing a free pass on Enem day means ensuring that young Brazilians dream of university and a quality education.”
“The dream of every high school student is to enter university and, to achieve this, the Brazilian State needs to take responsibility so that these students can take the test on Enem day.”
Other municipalities will also offer free transportation this Sunday and the 10th to make it easier for candidates to travel to the test locations:
- Teresina metropolitan region
- Belém metropolitan region;
- Lagoon (SC);
- Lauro de Freitas (BA) – subway;
- Maringá (PR);
- Paraíba – free intercity transport;
- Poá (SP);
- Recife metropolitan region;
- Rondonópolis (MT);
- Santa Cruz do Sul (RS);
- Sapucaia do Sul (RS);
- Sobral (CE);
- Toledo (PR)
- Quatis (RJ);
- Mendes (RJ);
- Paracambi (RJ);
- Volta Redonda (RJ)
Special operations
Some capitals will not offer free transport but, given the increase in demand, they have announced measures such as increasing bus fleets; expansion of circulation hours and even lines with exceptional routes to include test sites.
In the Federal District, bus line times will be extended to two hours before the start and two after the end of the Enem on all bus lines that pass through the institutions where the tests will be administered, especially on the route between the Enem bus station and Plano Piloto, in the center of the federal capital, and the campus of the University of Brasília (UnB) in Asa Norte, where more than 4 thousand candidates will take the exam.
In Goiânia, the metropolitan public transport company will deploy more buses to meet the demand on test days.
The capital of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, also announced reinforcement of the fleet.
In Macapá, the Urban Transport company will make the entire bus fleet available to registered candidates and the public transport fare will be R$1.85.
In Fortaleza, there will be an expansion of the fleet of buses and reserve vehicles at the integration terminals.
The city of Palmas will reinforce the bus fleet by 20% and ten more buses will be available on demand.
Greater Vitória (ES), the metropolitan region of the capital of Espírito Santo, will have extra buses during the race days. In total, 26 reserve vehicles will be distributed across the terminals and will be released, if necessary, to meet demand.
In Curitiba there will also be reinforcements on the main bus lines that provide access to the test sites.
Belo Horizonte will reinforce the timetables of 50 public transport lines, 48 of which are conventional and 2 supplementary. In total, there will be 367 additional trips on lines that serve the places with the highest concentration of candidates. Electric bikes will offer a free travel plan on Sundays.
In the city of Rio de Janeiro, municipal buses will operate with special hours between 9am and 3pm on Sunday. The services will operate with the same schedule as on Saturday.
The city of Salvador informed that from 10 am to 6 pm, bus lines throughout the city will have a reinforced fleet in operation. The BRT will operate from 5 am to 11:10 pm and will be reinforced with a regulatory fleet;
Students from Florianópolis and Curitiba will be able to use shared bicycles for free, with round-trip coupons that can be collected directly from the local company providing the service.
Enem
In total, more than 4.3 million subscribers will take the Enem exams in 1,753 municipalities. The exams will be administered in around 10,000 locations, such as schools and colleges, which house around 140,000 test rooms.
Candidates should check the location where they will take the tests in Participant Page from the National Institute of Educational Studies and Research Anísio Teixeira (Inep) with login and password from the Gov.br website.
The candidate must go to the test location in advance considering possible unforeseen events. On the two Sundays when the exam is held, the gates to the test sites will open at noon and close at 1 pm (Brasília time).
