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The Quebec education ministry launched a recruitment campaign on its site quebec.ca Wednesday aimed at attracting teachers from elsewhere in Canada and overseas.

The campaign, dubbed “1,216,791 bonnes raisons d’enseigner” (“1,216,791 good reasons to become a teacher”) refers to the number of students in Quebec, and tells potential overseas candidates that even if they are not working as teachers at the moment, it’s possible to become one in Quebec and the job market is excellent.

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The ministry also tells residents of provinces and territories outside Quebec that thanks to the Canadian free trade agreement, it is easy to become a teacher in Quebec if they have a teaching certificate from their own province.

Candidates who have completed their university studies on a subject taught in the Quebec school system can be employed to teach that subject once they obtain a master’s degree.

Graduates of vocational studies are also urged to become teachers in vocational programs.