Rewrite this as reported speech. My mother said, “I will pay for your college studies.”

My mother said that she will pay for my college studies

Explanation:

Reported or Indirect speech is a way of expressing a statement or question without making direct quotes like direct speech.

Direct speech is a means of expressing or repeating the words of a speaker word for word.

Therefore, rewriting the direct speech My mother said, "I will pay for your college studies" as a reported speech would be My mother said that she will pay for my college studies.