Deputy requests annulment of question about MST in Enem: ‘Indoctrination’
Journalist graduated from the Catholic University of Brasília, covers the National Congress and the Planalto Palace for Revista Oeste. Previously, she was part of the editorial teams of Poder360, Correio Braziliense, Alô Brasília, and Aqui DF. She also worked as an editor at TV Brasília.
TL;DR
- Deputy Rodolfo Nogueira requested the annulment of Enem question 76 from the blue booklet, concerning MST training centers.
- Nogueira claims the question promotes ideological indoctrination and requested an administrative investigation into its creation.
- He also called for a review of other questions about social movements, land reform, and land conflicts in the National Item Bank.
- The deputy argued that the question tests ideological agreement rather than student skills.
- Nogueira suggested alternative examples of rural education initiatives that could have been included, such as agricultural schools and federal institutes.
- He requested the exclusion of the question and its counterparts in other exam booklets, along with an investigation into its development and responsible parties.
- Nogueira proposed an internal regulation prohibiting the promotion of political parties or movements in exams and advocating for balanced treatment of such topics.
- He asserted that the Enem exam, funded by taxpayers, should not be used as a platform for movements aligned with the current government.
- The deputy cited constitutional principles of pluralism of ideas and the impartiality of public administration, as well as property rights legislation, to support his criticism.
- Nogueira believes annulling the question will restore fairness to the exam and signal that Enem will not be an instrument of indoctrination.