This single mum returned to school at 40 – sharing polytechnic life with her teenage son

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Sharifah Radhia returned to school at 40, spending a year studying at Temasek Polytechnic alongside her 18-year-old son Muhammad Abbas. Though in different courses, they supported each other through the shared challenges of assignments and exams.

Sharifah Radhia and her son Muhammad Abbas spent a year studying on the same campus at Temasek Polytechnic, sharing the similar experience of navigating assignment deadlines and exam stress. (Photo: Eveline Gan)

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