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This study investigated the Effect of Assertiveness Training Technique on Shyness among Secondary School Students in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Three research questions were answered and three hypotheses tested at 0.05 guided this study. Quasi-experimental research design was adopted for this study. The population for this study was 884 junior and senior (JSS11 & SS11) shy students in all public Secondary Schools in Aboh Mbaise. Research sample consisted of 64 students with the highest test scores in shyness measuring instrument selected through purposive sampling technique. The Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale (RCBS) was the instrument used for data collection. Data collected from the study were analysed using mean and ANCOVA. Results obtained from the study indicated that assertiveness training technique was effective on shyness among the participants. The results equally showed that assertiveness training technique was more effective on shyness among the female participants than their male counterparts. Also, the results revealed that assertiveness training technique was more effective on shyness among the senior students who participated in the experiment than their junior counterpart. The researchers recommended, among others, that assertiveness training technique should be adopted as an effective treatment strategy in helping students with shyness so as enhance their performance both academically, socially, and otherwise.