It is the behavioural pattern of a child deciding what type of citizen he/she is going to become. A comparative study was conducted to know behaviour problems shown by children in rural and urban communities at school level. The design selected for this study is comparative research design which is descriptive in nature. To carry out the present study the population comprises of children from urban and rural areas of Etah & Kasganj cities of Uttar Pradesh. A sample size of 200 was arbitrarily taken (100 from rural & 100 from urban areas) of Etah & Kasganj cities 10 villages of these areas. Researcher employed random sampling technique to select sample units of the study. The findings of the study show that rural children do not differ significantly than urban children in personality problems. Urban children significantly have much more anti-social problems than rural children. Urban children are going to form better human capital with more anti-social behaviour in comparison to rural children, which in the present socio-economic and political context is sure to increase the disparity in urban & rural development.

KEYWORDS: Behaviour problems, Home-school influences, Rural/urban communities