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At just 21 years old, Rao Liyan is shouldering multiple major responsibilities such as mothering a toddler while balancing school and work., Ms Rao had been a political science student at the National University of Singapore for half a year when she unexpectedly fell pregnant at the age of 19.
Ms Rao also dropped out of NUS and took up part-time studies at the Singapore University of Social Sciences , so that she could spend more time with her child. Ms Rao said that she initially struggled to come to terms with her pregnancy as being a mother was not part of her life plan. She also felt that she would not being able to provide her child with a comfortable life due to her financial status.
Although aware that balancing motherhood, work and school would be a huge challenge, the thought of dropping out of school to become a full-time stay-at-home mother never once occurred to Ms Rao.
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