president akino has pledged to increase the education budget by 20% in 2013.ut this still isn't enough and will provide enough for 18,000 classrooms. the rising population only makes matters worse. two prominent physicists decided to provide their own solution. these two recently taught at university of the philippines. in 1999, they took over a rural school where they developed a pioneering teaching system. in recognition of their efforts, they received a prestigious award in 2010 for their commitment for innovative and effective education. the base for the program is located on bohol island in central philippines. this is a fishing village on the south side with a population of 30,000. the central institute foundation runs a private high school in the center of town. the 600 students are mostly children of fishermen and farmers who graduated from local public elementary schools. even though the school is private, the tuition fee is 50% that of the national average. christopher is the school's president and victoria, his wife, is the principal. they resigned