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BACKGROUND: A large number of children suffer from behavioural problems during their development. Many of these problems are transient and may not even be noticed. At times, however, the extent of these problems and their overall effects on a child's development can be serious (Morita al., Further, children may exhibit these behaviours in one setting and not in others (e.g., at home or in school, but not both) In developed countries, parents tend to seek advice for even minor problems, such as persistent thumb sucking, while in developing countries, major problems, even childhood schizophrenia, may go unattended. An awareness of the prevalence of these problems is important so that appropriate mental health services can be planned and provided for affected children, to improve their prospects for leading healthy, productive lives. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of knowledge regarding behavioural problems of school age children among mothers in selected schools. 2. To assess the level of attitude regarding behavioural problems of school age children among mothers in selected schools. 3. To find out correlation between level of knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding behavioural problems of school age children in selected schools. 4. To find out association between knowledge and attitude of mothers regarding behavioural problems of school age children in selected schools with selected demographic variables. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A descriptive design was used in the study to accomplish the objectives using non- probability convenient sampling technique for obtaining adequate sample for the study. Study was done on 130 mothers of school going children in selected schools of Guwahati, Assam. Respondents were selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria; Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and 5-point Likert scale was used to assess the attitude level of the mothers regarding behavioural problems of school going children. RESULTS: The analysis revealed that out of 130 mothers of school going children, majority i.e., 92(70.8%) respondents had moderately adequate knowledge, 33(25.4%) respondents had adequate knowledge and 5(3.8%) respondents had inadequate knowledge regarding behavioural problems of school age children. The analysis revealed that out of 130 mothers of school going children, majority i.e., 88(67.7%) respondents had desirable attitude and 42(32.3%) respondents had moderately desirable attitude towards behavioural problems of school age children and no respondents had undesirable attitude. CONCLUSION: From this study, it was concluded that majority of the respondents had moderately adequate knowledge and majority of the respondents had desirable attitude regarding behavioural problems. Therefore, the investigator concluded that, there is a need of awareness to the mothers regarding various behavioural problems among school age children and its impact on later life.