Abstract This study examines the effect of pandemic period on teaching- learning process. The sample of the study consisted of 280 teachers of secondary to higher secondary schools of Lucknow city, Uttar Pradesh. Effects on teaching -learning process was studied by survey method. Researcher used a questionnaire in this study. The motive of this study is to know the student engagement, technology acquisition, teaching and learning process and faculty experience towards virtual classrooms during Lockdown due to COVID 19. The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of online classes, students' participation in online teaching and perception of faculties towards online teaching. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant effect of pandemic period on teaching- learning process. Digitalization of education and online teaching is not much effective in compare to off line teachers. All respondents admitted that offline teaching is much more effective than online teaching because