Globally, the youth literacy rate increased from 83 per cent to 91 per cent over two decades, while the number of illiterate youth declined from 170 million to 115 million. Regional and gender disparities persist, however. Literacy is lowest in least developed countries and higher among males than females.
In sociolinguistics, an accent (/ËÃ¦ksáµ»nt/ or /-Ént/) is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation.
Rebecca Maddern (born 6 August 1977) is an award-winning senior journalist, news reporter and presenter with diverse duties at the Seven Network, Australia. She has worked at Seven Melbourne for 13 years & is one of the longest serving journalists of her kind. Maddern is currently Melbourne Correspondent on Sunrise and is also a fill-in presenter and senior reporter on Seven News. Maddern regularly appears across numerous programming and special events for the Network.