Inep Affirms Enamed Results as MEC Moves to Sanction 99 Underperforming Medical Courses

Overview

• The first Enamed consolidated results show about 30% of 351 medicine courses rated in the lowest bands, with 99 federally regulated programs entering administrative supervision.
• Sanctions are graduated: eight courses face suspended admissions, 13 must cut 50% of seats, 33 cut 25%, and 45 are barred from expanding, with Fies suspension where applicable and measures lasting until the next exam.
• Institutions have 30 days to present defenses once MEC portarias are issued, and Inep will open a five‑day clarification window starting Jan. 26 for questions on course indicators.
• Inep president Manuel Palacios said final indicators are correct, acknowledging an earlier internal communication error on preliminary proficiency counts that did not affect published results.
• Private associations Anup and ABMES dispute methodology and data transparency after a court denied an attempt to block publication, as results highlight weaker performance in municipal and for‑profit private schools versus stronger outcomes at federal and state universities.