COVID pandemic has influenced the lives of all the people to a greater extent. It has brought the different populations of people in different parts of the world stay indoors. Having adorned with the digital technology available in the country, the private schools and colleges had started to continue their online classes through platforms like zoom meetings and google classrooms and other available resources to keep the school children on their educational mark. These online classes that were created to place the children busy in virtual classrooms not only hindered academic progress but also developed a lot of health issues on exposure to the electronic gadgets during the lockdown. The present study evaluated the prevalence of eye problems in school aged children undergoing online education in Chennai city.Methods: The study developed a questionnaire to frame questions that relate to the age, duration of online class experienced, mode of digital device used, eye problems and refractive errors developed, postural adaptations, illumination status of learning environment. Results: The results revealed that about 43.3 % participants used smart phone, 37.5 % participants used I pad during online classes and 37.3 % participants underwent online system of education for the past 1 year and 30.4 % participants for more than 2 years. In regard to visual acuity, about 64.7 % participants faced difficulties for far vision and 35.3 % participants for near vision. About 57.8% children responded they had started wearing glasses recently after online classes had started. Conclusion:Thus, the study concluded that a significant population of children developed eye problems due to online class exposure in digital device. The study enlightens that parents and teachers to take necessary actions towards this health issues in school children.