Research Proposal Assessing Intervention Programmes Aimed at Improving Matric Performance in Serial Underperforming Secondary Schools at UMzinyathi District in KwaZulu-Natal. 1. write and Select an appropriate research design and then state the reasons for choosing that particular research design in relation to the aim and objectives of the research. 2. State and Define each approach State and motivate your choice of approach 3. Discuss research philosophies such as the positivist, phenomenological and interpretivist philosophy State and motivate the philosophy of your choice 4. Discuss each research strategy under the positivist philosophy (surveys), the phenomenological and interpretivist philosophy (interview, focus group, case study, etcetera) State the chosen research strategy and motivate your choice