Quebec cancels three vocational programs in the Basses-Laurentides just before classes

Students affected

44 students

Forty-four students had to rethink their plans, and five teachers were laid off at the Centre de services scolaire des Mille-Îles.

Programs cancelled

• Interior decorating and visual merchandising
• Landscaping
• Computer graphics

The cancelled programs were interior decorating and visual merchandising, landscaping, and computer graphics.

The Education Ministry cites a surplus of beginner students in the region, while a landscaping teacher says employers had more job offers than graduates.