Covid 19 pandemic has changed the face of education. Education which is supposed to be received in face to face settings has now become online. Online schooling is not something new, distance education is online and has been around even before technological advancement but school education was never thought of coming in purview of online. The pedagogy imparted in face to face setting is effective in bringing constructive behavioral changes along with improvement in the students’ academic achievements. Whereas online education gives greater autonomy to students, learning is according to their pace and is faster as compared to the traditional set up with the use of multimedia content. Despite of the benefits of online learning there arises a glaring question on how effective are online classes in engaging and retaining the high school students’ attention in teaching learning process. The present paper explores the students’ engagement in online classes through qualitative data analysis techniques.