Our public education system has irretrievably broken down and is not producing the desired results. India ranked seventy-second out of 73 countries in the PISA (Program for International Students Assessment) ranking of 2010 by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). The Annual Status of Education Report (rural) 2016 released on 18 January 2017 has shown pathetic learning quality with only 25 percent of children in grade III being able to read a grade II level text. Around 10 lakh out of 60 lakh teaching positions are vacant. According to a World Bank study, teacher absenteeism on any given day is as high as 25 per cent. Of the teachers who do come to work, a large proportion of them lack the motivation and skills to perform well. The victims are our children. India has been growing and with increased purchasing power, the aspirations of people have risen. Parents want the best for their children and even poor parents, whose only hope to change their lives is through providing their children with good education, are choosing non-government schools. National Initiative of Quality Schools in Action (NIQSA) is an initiative of National Independent School Alliance (NISA) quality wing dedicated towards holistic quality improvement of budget private schools in India.