English: Gatchalian's call followed the release of the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), which showed that seven out of ten Filipinos aged 10 to 64 are functionally literate. Functional literacy is the ability to read, write, compute, and comprehend.
Filipino: Kasunod ito ng paglabas ng 2024 Functional Literacy, Education at Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS), kung saan lumalabas na pito sa 10 Pilipinong may edad na 10 hanggang 64 ang maituturing na functionally literate. Ang functional literacy ang kakayahang bumasa, magsulat, mag-compute, at umunawa.