Lively music and excited shouts of students echoed the hallways of Curro Riverside View on the 20th of January 2023. 3RC a Marketing consultant company brought the school hall of Curro Riverside View to life with dancing and competition as they brought their renowned Rocking Future career expo show for the FET[ Further Education and Training Phase] students. This career expo’s objective was to be informative, fun and introduce students to private institutions along with the different types of qualifications offered.

The FET phase is a crucial phase in every student's life and career as this is the stage where you choose subjects that will bear massive influence on which path one picks when they exit high school to go into tertiary education and eventually into the world of work. Career expos are important to students as high school can sometimes be an echo chamber for many students and therefore these expos break those echo chambers allowing students to see beyond high school and what is available & an option. Curro Riverside View entrusted 3RC which has a twenty-one-year-old track to guide their students.

The students sat through presentations and the giving out of freebies from the different private institutions that were present. Amongst a number of institutions present were the AAA school of advertising, Animation School, and AFDA[Africa Film Drama Art]. Nkazimulo Ndlovu, a grade 12 learner did not shy away from the stage and participated in a dance competition and won a prize.

3RC Assistant production manager Dylan Cheytanov said “Today was mainly to empower the youth of Curro Riverside and show them that there are options[ of study] that do not involve state universities and showcase degrees offered at private institutions that you do not get at state universities. Dylan went on to say the day was a huge success as the students were engaging with the program, the institutions and showing interest.

Nkazimulo said the expo gave an idea of what is available and an options after she finishes high school. She expressed that the expo inspired her to start applying for admission to different institutions. Students in attendance were happy and excited for the future, grade ten students Bathabile Molele and Ntsako Mabasa along with Nkazimulo attested to this and expressed that they loved how the Rocking Future show was fun, educational and left them curious and excited about the possibility of studying further.