This article presents the perception of teachers on teaching quality in Youth and Adult Education (EJA) modality considering their daily working conditions. The paper presents the legal documents and quality indicators in EJA modality in the State of Sao Paulo and Campinas. The analysis focuses on the quality of education for Youth and Adult people in financial inputs and infrastructure; educational management; pedagogical practice and teaching and learning; evaluation; continuing education; relationships within the school and relationships in the environment. The analysis of quality from the perspective of teachers and taking Campinas/SP as study case was based on the research "Diagnosis of teaching quality in Youth and Adult Education", funded by the Observatcio da Educacao/CAPES. This research conducted the literature related to quality education, to adult and youth education (EJA) public policy in Brazil and the official guidelines of federal, state and municipal levels on the EJA.41826