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Background of the study:-Every year water-borne diseases like Diarrhea, cholera, and Typhoid claims the lives of millions of children in the developing world. Water and sanitation related diseases are one of the major causes of under five mortality in the world. Objectives: - To assess the pre-test knowledge scores. To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected water borne diseases and their prevention among upper primary school children in selected schools of Indore city and To Find out the association of pre-test knowledge scores regarding selected water borne diseases and their prevention with their selected socio- demographical variables. Material and methods : - 400 upper primary school children, studying in 6th, 7th and 8th class were selected by non-probability convenient sampling technique for the study. Data was collected through socio-demographic proforma & structured knowledge questionnaire and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: -The mean pretest knowledge score was 9.575 and mean posttest knowledge score was 20.845. Calculated t value was 45.16 (df=399) found to be significant at 0.05 Hence research hypothesis HA1 is accepted Conclusion:- after the structured teaching programme knowledge of upper primary school children was markedly increased.