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Title: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding behavioural problems among pre-schoolers in Anganwadi centres of district Ganderbal, Kashmir. Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of mothers regarding behavioural problems among preschoolers. Materials and Methods: A Quantitative approach with one group pre-test and post-test pre-experimental design was used. With the purposive sampling 50 study participants were selected. Tool used in this study included two sections, Section-I including demographic Performa of mothers such as age, occupation, education, monthly income, type of family and number of children. Section-II including Structured Interview schedule consisted of 40 items/questions. It was further divided into six parts to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding behavioural problems among preschoolers such as temper tantrum, thumb sucking, pica, bed-wetting and school phobia. STP was administered after conducting pre-test and post-test was conducted on 7th day of intervention. Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical technique. Result: The data analysis revealed that majority of the study subjects 56% had moderate knowledge in post-test whereas in pre-test majority of study subjects 88% had inadequate knowledge. Conclusion: The study concluded that the structured teaching programme(STP) was effective in increasing the knowledge of mothers regarding behavioural problems among preschoolers.