NurOrda International School (NIS) is a non-profit private school executing under the umbrella of Kazakh-Turkish Educational Foundation KATEV. NIS was established in 2008 as an alternative model offering national and international education for local and foreign students in Astana. NIS acquired its membership to the Council of International Schools (CIS) on 23rd May 2011. The school is currently working towards getting the accreditation of CIS. Moreover, NIS became a Cambridge International School on 2nd September 2011.