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Menstrual hygiene is a crucial aspect of every girl and woman's life, yet awareness about menstruation, the physical and physiological changes during puberty, and the proper practices for menstrual management remains limited. To address this issue, a pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design was implemented. The study was conducted on 120 girl students from classes 6th, 7th, and 8th at Desh Bhagat Global School, Mandi Gobindgarh, located in the Fatehgarh Sahib district. A two-stage sampling method was used. First, the school was selected through a convenient sampling technique. In the second stage, 120 participants were chosen from the selected school using the same method. A structured questionnaire was administered to assess the participants' knowledge of menstrual hygiene. The findings revealed that, in the post-test, 62% of the girls demonstrated an average level of knowledge, 25% showed a high level of understanding, and 13% had a low level of awareness about menstrual hygiene. A comparison of pre-test and post-test results showed a significant improvement in knowledge. The mean score increased from 10.54 in the pre-test to 21.84 in the post-test, indicating a statistically significant difference at the p<0.05 level. This result suggests that the video-assisted teaching program effectively enhanced the participants' knowledge of menstrual hygiene. Overall, the study concludes that educational interventions, particularly those using visual aids, can play a key role in improving menstrual hygiene awareness among adolescent girls.