Introduction: Children constitute a major proportion of the global population today. They constitute the most important and vulnerable segment of our population. They are truly the foundation of a nation. “A healthy child is a sure future of our nation; is one of the themes of WHO. The future of our nation depends on the way in which we nurture our children today.

Objectives of the study

1.       To determine mean pre-test level of knowledge of 3year GNM nursing students regarding weaning as measured by structured knowledge questionnaire.

2.       To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding weaning in terms of gain in mean post-test knowledge score.

3.       To find out the association between mean pre-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables (Age, education).

Methodology: An evaluator research approach with pre-experimental pre-test post-test design was used for the study. The study was conducted at Athena College of Nursing Mangalore. Purposive sampling was used to select 25 student nurses. Formal written permission was obtained from the concerned authority prior to the data collection process. On the first day pre-test was conducted to assess the knowledge of 3 year GNM students on weaning using a structured knowledge questionnaire. Thereafter, the planned teaching programme was. Administered through lecture-cum discussion with the use of power point presentation. On the 7th day post-test was conducted the same knowledge questionnaire to assess the knowledge on weaning. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: The result of the study showed that the pre-test knowledge score regarding weaning ranged between 8-13 with the pre-test mean of 10.4 whereas the post-test score ranged between 17-20 with a mean of 14.8. The computed “t; value (17-28) was higher the table value (124-206p<0.05).

Hence the null hypothesis (Hot) was rejected and research hypothesis (H) was retained. Therefore, it is inferred that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of students regarding weaning.