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Promoting gender equality in the use of ICT in education strongly supports SDG4(Quality Education) and SDG10(Reduced Inequalities). SDG4 emphasizes inclusive and equitable learning opportunities, and Bhutan's education policies highlights digital literacy as an essential skill for the 21st century learners. Ensuring that both girls and boys have equal excess to ICT facilities like, computers, internet, coding programme, digital learning program, helps bridge learning gaps, improves participations, and prepares all students for the future career. From the national perspective, Bhutan promotes ICT integration through Bhutan Education Blueprint and ICT master plans, which encourage schools to provide gender-friendly digital environment. In this way, equal ICT excess contributes to promoting SDG10 by reducing disparities between genders, rural and urban learners, and socio-economic groups. When girls in remote areas, gain the same digital opportunity as boys, it strengthen social inclusion, and supports Bhutan's broader national development goals of equity and empowerment. Thank you.

Google Classroom can be used to create a gender-inclusive online learning environment by offering equal access to learning materials, communication, and digital participation for all students. Teachers can design activities that encourage diverse students to contribute through posts, comments, and assignments without fear of judgement. Features such as private feedback, flexible submission options, and multimedia responses allow students with different strengths and confidence levels to participate meaningfully.
The platform supports knowledge building through collaborative tools like shared documents, group assignments, and discussion forums, where teachers can intentionally group learners to promote balanced participation. Teachers can also provide diverse learning resources that cater to different learning styles and reduce gendered stereotypes about subject abilities.
However, gender bias can appear in online spaces, such as unequal teacher–student interactions, gender-stereotyped examples, or dominant participation by one gender. To address this, teachers must monitor engagement data, use bias-free language, encourage inclusive discussions, and set clear expectations for respectful communication, use authentic and gender-neutral scenarios, and provides role models that challenge traditional stereotypes, especially in assessment.