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Instructional strategies encompass any types of learning techniques a teacher uses to help students learn or gain a better understanding of the course material. They allow teachers to make the learning experience more fun and practical and can also encourage students to take more of an active role in their education. The objective of using instructional strategies beyond subject comprehension is to create students who are independent strategic learners. Selection of the right strategies and use them effectively is an important task. In chemistry teaching there are instructional strategies that can be used effectively at all levels and subject areas, with a wide range of learning styles. These learning strategies motivate students by improving their engagement, capturing their attention and encouraging them to focus on not only remembering course material, but truly understanding it. This paper inquires about the chemistry teachers� relative use of different instructional strategies in High school chemistry teaching. This paper also to find impressions of High School Chemistry teachers in take up new instructional strategies. The present study was conducted on 63 High School Chemistry Teachers of Kerala. A semi structured Interview schedule was used to collect the data, The study reveals that high school chemistry teachers are much aware of the different instructional strategies and time constraint is found as the most important reason behind the reluctance of the teachers to implement new instructional strategies.