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The 2013 National Education Curriculum requires students to be the centre of teaching and learning process in the classroom. Having Student Centred Learning (SCL) as the teaching approach, the implementation of the curriculum implies that students should be involved actively during the transfer of the knowledge in the classroom. In addition, the students engagement during the learning process is paramount, and the teachers are supposed to be the students facilitators of learning. However, the phenomena in which students are less interested in attending the lesson and therefore affecting their class participation are commonly found in many Indonesian classrooms. Many students do not participate actively in the classroom activities, and consequently they cannot get the most benefit of their study. This study is an attempt to improve the participation of the students in the classroom using collaborative teacher professional development called lesson study. Underpinned by qualitative research design, the study employed ten secondary teachers who collaboratively conducted research lessons in which a model teacher delivered the lesson in the classroom and other colleagues observed the students learning. The data obtained from the observation and group interviews revealed the improvement in students class participation during the teaching and learning process. Thus, despite lesson study is regarded as an initial professional learning activity for the teachers, it is worth to maintain its sustainability in the school.