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To a parent, every child is special in his or her own way. All parents want his or her buds to be physically and developmentally perfect. But discovery that the child has a Mental Retardation or any disability can have profound effects on the family. There is perhaps no event more devastating to a family than a child born with birth defects and hence causes crisis in the family. The case of mental retardation is increasing around the world and in India.A Study To Evaluate The Effectiveness Of Outlined Teaching Program Regarding Identification Of Signs And Symptoms Of Mental Retardation In Young Buds' In Terms Of Knowledge Among Teachers In Selected English Medium Primary Schools At Sagar with the objectives: To assess the knowledge of Primary school Teachers regarding Identification of signs and symptoms of Mental Retardation in Children, To administer structured teaching program regarding identification of signs and symptoms of Mental Retardation in children. H1:The mean post-test knowledge score of English medium Primary School teachers exposed to outlined teaching program will be significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score measured by structured knowledge questionnaire at 0.05 level of significance. H2There will be significant association between pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables of Primary School teachers at 0.05 level of significance. The research design used for the study was pre experimental (one group pre test and post test design) 60 primary school teachers and lottery method of sampling technique was used.The tool used for the study consists of two sections, section-1: consisted of demographic variables and section -II: Structured knowledge questionnaire for assessing the knowledge of Teachers on Identification of Signs and Symptoms of Mental Retardation in Children.RESULT :In the present study demographic findings was found that majority of subjects 21 (35%) belonged to the age group of 26 - 30 years. Majority of the subjects 56 (93.33%) were females. Majority of the subjects 26 (43.33%) were qualified as graduates. Most of the teachers 41 (68.33) worked in urban area. 3 (5%) teachers had MR Child in their family. Most of the teachers 23 (38.33) had experiences of 11 to 15 years. In the pre test conducted among 60 subjects, none had good knowledge, 52 (86.67 %) had average knowledge scores while 8 (13.33%) had poor knowledge scores.In the post test conducted after administering PTP, 21 (35%) had good knowledge score, 39 (65%) had average knowledge score and none had poor knowledge score. The gain in knowledge score was significant at 0.05 level of significance and calculated paired ?t' value was 23.1 which was more than the tabulated value 1.66. Hence the research hypothesis H1 was accepted.Majority of them 32 (53.33%) had previous knowledge on MR.