The Supreme Court has said, the government and private educational institutions should provide qualitative education to children and the eligibility criteria for appointment of teachers must be strictly adhered to.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and F M Ibrahim Kalifulla said that life of democracy depends on a high standard of education which must be maintained at all costs.

The court passed the observation while adjudication a case pertaining to termination of job of a teacher who was not having requisite qualification. the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented