The theme of the writing of the National High School Exam (Enem) of 2026 is "The valorization of the Unified Health System (SUS) as a universal right", as disclosed by the Minister of Education, Leonardo Barchini, in social networks. The Enem began to be applied throughout the country from 13:30, Brasília time. The essay corresponds to 20% of the final exam score. Each candidate received a sheet for draft, which should be cleaned in the Writing Sheet, the only one corrected by the evaluators.
The argumentative-dissertative text shall be at least eight and not more than 30 lines. When correcting the writing, the evaluators assign grades from 0 to 200 to five types of textual competence, whose sum makes up the total score, which can reach 1,000 points. More than 5.1 million candidates have been confirmed for this exam edition. The evaluation is carried out on two Sundays, with the second stage scheduled for November 15, containing tests of mathematics and nature sciences.