{
  "title": "PaperChime teaching framework",
  "version": "2026-10-09",
  "mapping_author": "PaperChime publisher",
  "mapping_status": "Selected competency crosswalk, verified sources; publisher interpretation of task relationships",
  "scope": "Classes 1–9 supplementary subject practice. Each row contains examples, not an exhaustive unit-to-outcome audit.",
  "language_policy": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route.",
  "policy_links": [
    {
      "source_id": "nep-2020",
      "paragraph": "4.6",
      "paperchime_application": "Pair written tasks with hands-on observation, conversation and representations."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "nep-2020",
      "paragraph": "4.11",
      "paperchime_application": "Allow the learner’s familiar language during explanation and bridge to the task language."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "nep-2020",
      "paragraph": "4.34",
      "paperchime_application": "Use errors and revised work to plan feedback and the next attempt."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "ncf-fs-2022",
      "title": "NCERT: National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage, 2022",
      "url": "https://www.ncert.nic.in/pdf/NCF_for_Foundational_Stage_20_October_2022.pdf",
      "locators": "Chapter 2, sections 2.4.3–2.4.5",
      "verified": "Official PDF text checked; competency codes retain their original meaning."
    },
    {
      "id": "ncf-se-2023",
      "title": "NCERT: National Curriculum Framework for School Education, 2023",
      "url": "https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/focus-group/NCF-SE_2023EN.pdf",
      "locators": "Part C: Language 2.4; Mathematics 3.4.1; Science 4.4.1; Social Science 5.4.1; The World Around Us 7.4.2.1",
      "verified": "Current NCERT English PDF downloaded and relevant tables read, 9 October 2026. Printed page numbers refer to this PDF edition."
    },
    {
      "id": "nep-2020",
      "title": "National Education Policy, 2020",
      "url": "https://ncert.nic.in/cncl/resources/pdf/NEP_Final_English_0.pdf",
      "locators": "Paragraphs 4.1–4.2, 4.6, 4.11 and 4.34",
      "verified": "Official NCERT copy checked, 9 October 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-2026-27",
      "title": "CBSE: curriculum for 2026–27, Class IX",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/curriculum_2027.html",
      "locators": "Class IX subject links; use the Class IX section, as Class X has different documents.",
      "verified": "Official current subject PDFs checked, 9 October 2026."
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-english-ix",
      "title": "CBSE: Class IX English, 2026–27",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart1/English_LL_SecP1IX_2026-27.pdf",
      "locators": "Pages 3–6: R1/R2 competencies and focus areas"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-hindi-ix",
      "title": "CBSE: Class IX Hindi, 2026–27",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart1/Hindi_SecP1IX_2026-27.pdf",
      "locators": "Pages 2–5: R1; pages 5–10: R2"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-maths-ix",
      "title": "CBSE: Class IX Mathematics, 2026–27",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart1/Maths_SecP1IX_2026-27.pdf",
      "locators": "Pages 2–3: competencies; pages 4–10: course structure and chapter content"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-science-ix",
      "title": "CBSE: Class IX Science, 2026–27",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart1/ScienceSt_SecP1_2026-27.pdf",
      "locators": "Pages 2–4: competencies; subsequent pages: Class IX course structure"
    },
    {
      "id": "cbse-social-ix",
      "title": "CBSE: Class IX Social Science, 2026–27",
      "url": "https://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/CurriculumMain27/SecPart1/SocialScience_SecP1IX_2026-27.pdf",
      "locators": "Pages 3–6: goals and competencies; subsequent pages: course structure"
    }
  ],
  "mappings": [
    {
      "stage": "Foundational",
      "grades": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "subject": "English",
      "framework_area": "Language and literacy",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-9",
            "C-9.5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-10",
            "C-10.3",
            "C-10.5",
            "C-10.1"
          ],
          "language_role": "L1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-11",
            "C-11.2",
            "C-11.1"
          ],
          "language_role": "L2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-english",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "The red bag",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-10.5 (L1)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-english",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "A parcel for Noor",
          "unit_index": 8,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-9.5"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-english",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "Hearing and writing short-vowel words",
          "unit_index": 11,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-10.3 (L1)",
            "C-11.2 (L2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "phonics-sequence",
          "grade": "Skill-based route",
          "unit_title": "Start with s, a, t, p",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#phonics-sequence",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-10.1 (L1)",
            "C-11.1 (L2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: blending and segmenting activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Read or hear a short text, explain its meaning and connect script with speech.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Discuss the text orally; model a script pattern; read or write independently with appropriate support.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check recall of an event, the learner’s explanation and independent word reading separately.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The comprehension task can be read aloud to a learner beginning L2. Independent passage comprehension is an L1 expectation here; the same written task does not establish L2 stage attainment. The phonics route samples English phoneme blending and segmenting. Its alphabetic approach cannot simply be transferred to Hindi akshara and matra learning.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Foundational",
      "grades": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "subject": "Hindi",
      "framework_area": "Language and literacy",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-9",
            "C-9.5"
          ]
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-10",
            "C-10.3",
            "C-10.5"
          ],
          "language_role": "L1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-11",
            "C-11.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "L2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-hindi",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "पठन: नीला थैला",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-10.5 (L1)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-hindi",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "सुनना और अर्थ पकड़ना",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-9.5"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-hindi",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "अ और आ की पहचान",
          "unit_index": 2,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-10.3 (L1)",
            "C-11.2 (L2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Read or hear a short text, explain its meaning and connect script with speech.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Discuss the text orally; model a script pattern; read or write independently with appropriate support.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check recall of an event, the learner’s explanation and independent word reading separately.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The comprehension task can be read aloud to a learner beginning L2. Independent passage comprehension is an L1 expectation here; the same written task does not establish L2 stage attainment.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Foundational",
      "grades": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "subject": "Mathematics",
      "framework_area": "Cognitive development",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.3",
          "codes": [
            "CG-8",
            "C-8.7",
            "C-8.9"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-2-mathematics",
          "grade": 2,
          "unit_title": "Grouping and Sharing (Multiplication and Division)",
          "unit_index": 7,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-2-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-8.7"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-2-mathematics",
          "grade": 2,
          "unit_title": "Rani’s Gift (Measurement)",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-2-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-8.9"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Make equal groups and measure with a repeated unit.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Handle counters or paper clips; draw the relationship; explain a changed example.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Observe whether groups stay equal and units have no gaps or overlaps; ask the learner to repair an error.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "These examples sample grouping and measurement. Counting, patterns, shapes, time and money need their own observations."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Foundational",
      "grades": [
        1,
        2
      ],
      "subject": "EVS",
      "framework_area": "Cognitive development and care for the living world",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-fs-2022",
          "locator": "2.4.3",
          "codes": [
            "CG-7",
            "C-7.1",
            "C-7.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-2-evs",
          "grade": 2,
          "unit_title": "Seeds and Young Plants",
          "unit_index": 3,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-2-evs",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-7.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-1-evs",
          "grade": 1,
          "unit_title": "Animals Around Us",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-1-evs",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-7.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Compare living things and use an observation to explain a prediction.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Talk about familiar plants or animals; observe safely; record what changed.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Hear the prediction before the observation and the explanation afterwards; distinguish remembered facts from observed evidence.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "EVS is the site’s practice label. NCF-FS organises these goals by development domains, rather than a separate EVS subject."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Preparatory",
      "grades": [
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "subject": "English",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.1.1, pp. 241–242",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.2.1, pp. 244–245",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.4",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-english",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "The puddle bridge",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-2.1 (R1)",
            "C-2.4 (R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-english",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "A paragraph with a focus",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.1 / C-3.2 (role dependent)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-english",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "Ask, listen and report",
          "unit_index": 9,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Explain a reading, organise ideas and write for a stated purpose.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Read together; discuss the evidence; plan, draft and revise a paragraph or instruction.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check meaning, sequence and audience separately; keep an initial draft and its revision.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Original short texts give practice in a limited set of skills. They do not replace prescribed literature, sustained independent reading or the full range of genres.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Preparatory",
      "grades": [
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "subject": "Hindi",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.1.1, pp. 241–242",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.2.1, pp. 244–245",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.4",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-hindi",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "पठन: साझी किताबें",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-2.1 (R1)",
            "C-2.4 (R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-hindi",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "लेखन: स्पष्ट निर्देश",
          "unit_index": 4,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.1 / C-3.2 (role dependent)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-hindi",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "सुनना और अर्थ पकड़ना",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Explain a reading, organise ideas and write for a stated purpose.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Read together; discuss the evidence; plan, draft and revise a paragraph or instruction.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check meaning, sequence and audience separately; keep an initial draft and its revision.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Original short texts give practice in a limited set of skills. They do not replace prescribed literature, sustained independent reading or the full range of genres.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Preparatory",
      "grades": [
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "subject": "Mathematics",
      "framework_area": "Mathematics",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 3.4.1.1, pp. 273–274",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-mathematics",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "Fair Share",
          "unit_index": 7,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-4-mathematics",
          "grade": 4,
          "unit_title": "Measuring Length",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-4-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Represent fractions as equal parts and choose a suitable measurement unit.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Use counters or a divided shape; compare representations; measure an object and explain the unit.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check whether parts are equal and whether the learner states both a value and a unit; revisit with a different whole.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Selected examples cover parts of two competencies. The goals apply across the stage, and one task cannot establish their attainment."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Preparatory",
      "grades": [
        3,
        4,
        5
      ],
      "subject": "EVS",
      "framework_area": "The World Around Us",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 7.4.2.1, pp. 391–392",
          "codes": [
            "CG-5",
            "C-5.3",
            "CG-6",
            "C-6.1",
            "C-6.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-3-evs",
          "grade": 3,
          "unit_title": "Maps and Directions",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-3-evs",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-5.3"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-4-evs",
          "grade": 4,
          "unit_title": "Reading Environmental Data",
          "unit_index": 7,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-4-evs",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-5-evs",
          "grade": 5,
          "unit_title": "Investigating a Local Question",
          "unit_index": 7,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-5-evs",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Read a simple map and investigate a local question through consistent observations.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Choose a question; record place, time and method; compare findings and discuss their limits.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Review the record, map interpretation and explanation; check whether the evidence answers the original question.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The written questions rehearse reasoning. C-6.1 also requires the learner to conduct an actual inquiry; an answer sheet alone cannot demonstrate it."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Middle",
      "grades": [
        6,
        7,
        8
      ],
      "subject": "English",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.1.2, pp. 242–243",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "C-1.2",
            "C-1.4"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.2.2, pp. 245–246",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-english",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "A screen-time claim",
          "unit_index": 1,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.1 / C-1.2 (role dependent)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-english",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "A critical response to a claim",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.4 (R1)",
            "C-2.1 (R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-english",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "Conduct a critical interview",
          "unit_index": 9,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.2 (R1, English interview example only)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Interpret a claim, organise a response and ask for relevant evidence.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Read a claim; identify missing information; draft a response; discuss a follow-up question.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Assess the relevance of evidence, coherence and response to another speaker; accept reasoned alternatives.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The interview code applies to the English interview activity when conducted as an interview. A general Hindi dialogue supplies communication practice, rather than a full interview assessment.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Middle",
      "grades": [
        6,
        7,
        8
      ],
      "subject": "Hindi",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.1.2, pp. 242–243",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "C-1.2",
            "C-1.4"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.2.2, pp. 245–246",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "C-1.2",
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-hindi",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "पठन: चित्र का संदर्भ",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.1 / C-1.2 (role dependent)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-hindi",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "लेखन: स्रोत-आधारित प्रतिक्रिया",
          "unit_index": 4,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.4 (R1)",
            "C-2.1 (R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-hindi",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "बोलना और संवाद",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "CG-1 (R1): communication practice only"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Interpret a claim, organise a response and ask for relevant evidence.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Read a claim; identify missing information; draft a response; discuss a follow-up question.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Assess the relevance of evidence, coherence and response to another speaker; accept reasoned alternatives.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The interview code applies to the English interview activity when conducted as an interview. A general Hindi dialogue supplies communication practice, rather than a full interview assessment.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Middle",
      "grades": [
        6,
        7,
        8
      ],
      "subject": "Mathematics",
      "framework_area": "Mathematics",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 3.4.1.2, pp. 275–276",
          "codes": [
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.4",
            "CG-5",
            "C-5.1",
            "C-5.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-7-mathematics",
          "grade": 7,
          "unit_title": "Finding the Unknown",
          "unit_index": 14,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-7-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-2.4"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-6-mathematics",
          "grade": 6,
          "unit_title": "Data Handling and Presentation",
          "unit_index": 3,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-6-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-5.1",
            "C-5.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Model an unknown with an equation and interpret a data display.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Study a worked example; solve independently; explain the relationship and correct an error.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check the equation against the original situation and check scale, labels and interpretation in a graph.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The data example supports selected aspects of representation. A unit with six questions does not establish all statistical competencies."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Middle",
      "grades": [
        6,
        7,
        8
      ],
      "subject": "Science",
      "framework_area": "Science",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 4.4.1.1, pp. 299–301",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.3",
            "CG-6",
            "C-6.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-6-science",
          "grade": 6,
          "unit_title": "Measurement of Length and Motion",
          "unit_index": 4,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-6-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.3"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-8-science",
          "grade": 8,
          "unit_title": "Exploring the Investigative World of Science",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-8-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Measure with a stated unit and connect a testable question with observations.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Predict; choose an instrument or method; record a result; explain any revision.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Assess the measurement procedure and the record of evidence as well as the final explanation.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Science practice needs supervised practical work. Reading about an experiment does not demonstrate competent use of instruments or conduct of an investigation."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Middle",
      "grades": [
        6,
        7,
        8
      ],
      "subject": "Social Science",
      "framework_area": "Social Science",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 5.4.1.1, pp. 325–326",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "CG-5",
            "C-5.1",
            "CG-6",
            "C-6.1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-6-social-science",
          "grade": 6,
          "unit_title": "Time, timelines and evidence",
          "unit_index": 1,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-6-social-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-7-social-science",
          "grade": 7,
          "unit_title": "Equality in everyday institutions",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-7-social-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-5.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-7-social-science",
          "grade": 7,
          "unit_title": "Weather, climate and adaptation",
          "unit_index": 0,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-7-social-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Compare sources, explain a pattern and identify barriers to equal treatment.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Identify source and context; compare accounts or records; form a claim and state its limits.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Require a reason and supporting evidence; distinguish chronology from a causal explanation.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Prepared examples rehearse source interpretation. Competency C-1.1 also calls for collecting multiple sources; teachers should add that task."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Secondary",
      "grades": [
        9
      ],
      "subject": "English",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-english-ix",
          "locator": "pp. 3–4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-1",
            "C-1.1",
            "C-1.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1 and R2"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-english-ix",
          "locator": "p. 3",
          "codes": [
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-english-ix",
          "locator": "p. 4",
          "codes": [
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "C-2.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-english",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "What the headline leaves out",
          "unit_index": 1,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.1 (R1)",
            "C-2.1 (R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-english",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "An evidence-led analytical paragraph",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-english",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Chair an evidence-led discussion",
          "unit_index": 9,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-english",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-1.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Evaluate a claim and communicate a reasoned response.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Compare text and supporting information; draft an argument; test it in discussion; revise.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check the link between claim and evidence, the treatment of uncertainty and the response to another viewpoint.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The original texts provide selected skill practice. Prescribed textbook literature, all writing formats and complete CBSE examination coverage are outside this mapping.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Secondary",
      "grades": [
        9
      ],
      "subject": "Hindi",
      "framework_area": "Language",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-hindi-ix",
          "locator": "pp. 2–3: R1 evidence analysis; pp. 4–5: writing",
          "codes": [
            "C-3.1",
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R1 as printed"
        },
        {
          "source_id": "ncf-se-2023",
          "locator": "Part C 2.4.2.3, p. 246",
          "codes": [
            "CG-2",
            "C-2.1",
            "C-2.2"
          ],
          "language_role": "R2"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-hindi",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "तर्क, प्रमाण और प्रत्युत्तर",
          "unit_index": 3,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.2 (CBSE R1)",
            "C-2.2 (NCF-SE R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-hindi",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "लेखन: विश्लेषणात्मक अनुच्छेद",
          "unit_index": 4,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-hindi",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.1 (CBSE R1)",
            "C-2.1 (NCF-SE R2)"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Distinguish claim from evidence and write a qualified argument in Hindi.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Discuss the claim orally; identify evidence and counterarguments; draft and edit a response.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check meaning, support and logical connections independently of surface spelling accuracy.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "CBSE Hindi’s printed R1 competency numbering and NCF-SE’s R2 numbering are recorded separately. Original passages do not replace prescribed literature or cover all assessed grammar and writing forms.",
      "language_condition": "Use L1 for the child’s home, mother tongue or familiar language and L2 for a less familiar language in NCF-FS. English and Hindi can occupy either role. From Preparatory onwards, use the R1/R2 route selected by the school and the learner’s existing proficiency; the subject name does not determine the route."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Secondary",
      "grades": [
        9
      ],
      "subject": "Mathematics",
      "framework_area": "Mathematics",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-maths-ix",
          "locator": "pp. 2–3",
          "codes": [
            "CG-3",
            "C-3.2",
            "CG-6",
            "C-6.1",
            "C-6.2"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-mathematics",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Two Variables, One Line",
          "unit_index": 12,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-3.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-mathematics",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "How Quantities Combine: Understanding Data",
          "unit_index": 9,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-mathematics",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "The Mathematics of Maybe: Introduction to Probability",
          "unit_index": 6,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-mathematics",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-6.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Represent a relationship algebraically and use an appropriate statistical summary.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Link a situation, table and equation; compare summaries; explain an answer and its assumptions.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check interpretation as well as calculation; use a changed example to test transfer.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Stage competencies extend across Grades 9–10. This maps selected Class IX practice and does not certify coverage of the entire 2026–27 course structure."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Secondary",
      "grades": [
        9
      ],
      "subject": "Science",
      "framework_area": "Science",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-science-ix",
          "locator": "p. 2",
          "codes": [
            "CG 1",
            "C 1.2",
            "CG 2",
            "C 2.1"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-science",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Exploring Mixtures and their Separation",
          "unit_index": 4,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C 1.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-science",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Describing Motion Around Us",
          "unit_index": 3,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C 2.1"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Choose a separation method and interpret motion with a clear reference and unit.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Connect observable properties to a method; use diagrams or data; explain the result.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Check the reason for selecting a method and the interpretation of a motion representation.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "Motion questions support part of C 2.1; they do not by themselves assess all Newton’s-law applications. Separation explanations need practical observation to assess investigative competence."
    },
    {
      "stage": "Secondary",
      "grades": [
        9
      ],
      "subject": "Social Science",
      "framework_area": "Social Science",
      "references": [
        {
          "source_id": "cbse-social-ix",
          "locator": "pp. 4–5",
          "codes": [
            "CG-4",
            "C-4.2",
            "CG-5",
            "C-5.4",
            "C-5.5"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-social-science",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Shaping of the Earth’s Surface",
          "unit_index": 1,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-social-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-4.2"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        },
        {
          "workbook_id": "class-9-social-science",
          "grade": 9,
          "unit_title": "Democracy",
          "unit_index": 5,
          "practice_url": "/learn.html#class-9-social-science",
          "related_competencies": [
            "C-5.4",
            "C-5.5"
          ],
          "mapping_status": "Publisher interpretation: activity supports part of the competency"
        }
      ],
      "paperchime_objective": "Explain a physical process and assess participation and accountability in a democratic institution.",
      "teaching_sequence": "Interpret an example; identify an institution or mechanism; compare explanations against evidence.",
      "assessment_evidence": "Require a relevant example, a causal or institutional explanation and a stated limit.",
      "scope": "Selected competency support; no complete stage, chapter or syllabus alignment claim",
      "limits": "The democracy unit supports features and participation. Comparative government, historical development and the wider stage competencies require additional study."
    }
  ],
  "assessment_note": "Answer keys support feedback. They are not standardised tests, and the programme has no validated mastery cut-off or measured learning-impact estimate. Use actual learner work and oral or practical observations."
}