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Background: Vaginitis or vulvovagintis is an inflammation of vagina. It is the most common gynecologic problem which is characterized by- vaginal discharge, vulvar itching or irritation, infection, lack of estrogen and external irritant. Vaginitis can be prevented by maintaining various ways of hygienic measures. Aim: the aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on the knowledge regarding Vaginitis And Its Prevention Among Girls Residing In Samaya Girls Hostel, The Assam Royal Global University. It also aims to find out the association between knowledge score and some selected demographic data. Methods: An evaluative research approach was adopted in which a pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test with 150 samples by using convenient sampling technique . The knowledge of the students were assessed by using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Results: The study results revealed that majority of the students that is (51.33%)students fall under the age group 20-22 years, (33.33%) students studies in Science stream, (30.67%) students are in 4th semester, (98.67%) students has no family history of Vaginitis and (55.33%) students have knowledge on Vaginitis. Study findings also revealed that mean post-test knowledge score (11.81) was significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score(8.92) as evidenced by t= -14.85 and table value of t149= 1.96 (p<0.00001), which showed that there was effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding Vaginitis and its prevention. It also revealed that there was no significant association between pre-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Conclusion: On the basis of the findings, the researcher concluded that there was an effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding Vaginitis and its prevention among girls residing in Samaya Girls hostel of The Assam Royal Global University.