TV Pendidikan was an education television channel which formerly airs on Malaysia's terrestrial channel, TV9

TV9 (Malaysia)

TV9 is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. TV9 began broadcasting on 22 April 2006, as a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad. It formerly existed as Channel 9, which began airing on 9 September 2003 and ceased transmission on 1 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the...

. TV Pendidikan is fully owned and produced by the Educational Technology Division, the Ministry of Education of Malaysia

Ministry of Education (Malaysia)

The Ministry of Education is a Government ministry responsible for Malaysian educational matters...

 and it shows various programmes for various school subjects. The motto for TV Pendidikan is "Teknologi Untuk Pendidikan Bestari".

History

TV Pendidikan was officially launched on 19 June 1972 by the Second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak. It was later expanded to Sabah and Sarawak on 30 August 1976.

Since 3 January 2007, TV Pendidikan is aired on Malaysia's terrestrial channel, TV9

TV9 (Malaysia)

TV9 is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. TV9 began broadcasting on 22 April 2006, as a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad. It formerly existed as Channel 9, which began airing on 9 September 2003 and ceased transmission on 1 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the...

. Previously, TV Pendidikan was aired through Astro's Channel 28 (from 2000 to 2002), Channel 13 (from 2002 to 2006) and Malaysia's terrestrial television station RTM TV1

RTM1 (Malaysia)

RTM TV1 is a state-owned free-to-air television network in Malaysia, which is owned and operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia, a government agency. It broadcasts from its headquarters in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur along with its sister channel TV2 and some other radio stations.First commenced...

 and RTM TV2 from 1972 to 1999.

RTM (1972-1999)

TV Pendidikan was on RTM TV1

RTM1 (Malaysia)

RTM TV1 is a state-owned free-to-air television network in Malaysia, which is owned and operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia, a government agency. It broadcasts from its headquarters in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur along with its sister channel TV2 and some other radio stations.First commenced...

 from Monday to Thursday in two sessions; i.e. from 7:20 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Daytime transmissions on RTM TV1

RTM1 (Malaysia)

RTM TV1 is a state-owned free-to-air television network in Malaysia, which is owned and operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia, a government agency. It broadcasts from its headquarters in Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur along with its sister channel TV2 and some other radio stations.First commenced...

 and TV3

TV3 (Malaysia)

Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad or TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 as Malaysia’s first commercial television station. It is part of Media Prima Berhad group of companies. It now transmits opened broadcasting business private 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2010...

 which was introduced on 1 March 1994 has caused it to broadcast only on RTM TV2. Also, the closing time was moved to 3:00 pm.

Astro (2000-2006)

When TV Pendidikan moved to Astro in 2000, Astro's Channel 28 aired two separate networks. TV Pendidikan aired from Monday to Thursday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. while Animal Planet

Animal Planet

Animal Planet is an American cable tv specialty channel that launched on October 1, 1996. It is distributed by Discovery Communications. A high-definition simulcast of the channel launched on September 1, 2007.-History:...

 occupied the rest of the time. Animal Planet is now in full time broadcast on channel 556 starting 1 January 2002.

TV Pendidikan moved to Channel 13 in 2002 where they aired two separate networks, which was TV Pendidikan itself and TechTV

TechTV

TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...

, a channel that features news and shows about computer, technology and the Internet. TV Pendidikan broadcast times were not changed, i.e., Monday to Thursday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm., while TechTV

TechTV

TechTV was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. In 2004, it merged with the G4 gaming channel which ultimately dissolved TechTV programming...

 occupied the rest of the time.

Since 1 March 2006, all G4techTV

G4techTV

G4techTV was a cable and satellite channel resulting from a merger between Comcast-owned G4 and TechTV. The headquarters is based in Los Angeles...

 (which is now known as only G4)

G4 (TV channel)

G4, also known as G4 TV, is an American cable- and satellite-television channel originally geared primarily toward young adult viewers, originally based on the world of video games...

 programmes were shown on Astro TVIQ

Astro TVIQ

Astro TVIQ is an Astro branded channel brought exclusively for Malaysians and Indonesians who own Astro. This channel is free as it is grouped under the Astro Family package...

, Astro's educational channel while channel 13 only shows educational programmes. After some time, G4 programmes were no longer airing on Astro TVIQ. Astro also no longer carries TV Pendidikan on its platform since 1 January 2007.

TV9 (2007-2008)

TV Pendidikan's broadcasting hour was from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm every Monday to Thursday for every week of the year, except during public holidays. For a time since 2007, TV Pendidikan placed a permanent logo at the top-left of the screen and aired simultaneously with the TV9 logo at the top-right only during 4 hours of programming. TV Pendidikan is no longer broadcast on TV9. The last day of transmission is on 31 December 2008. It was later replaced by EDUWEBTV.

Program features

The programme covers nine subjects for secondary school which are:

• Bahasa Malaysia
  Malay language
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• English
  English language
  English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
  
  
• Mathematics
  Mathematics
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• Science
  Science
  Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
  
  
• History
  History
  History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
  
  
• Geography
  Geography
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• Technical and Vocational
• Islamic Studies
  Islamic studies
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• Moral Studies
  Moral
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Meanwhile, for primary school, the program covers six subjects which are:

• Bahasa Melayu
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• Moral Studies
• Civic and Nationality

Besides that, TV Pendidikan also have some special shows for public viewers such as:

• Pedagogy
• Kerjaya (lit: Career) - formerly aired in early 2000s, produced by NHF Productions Sdn Bhd
• Lensa TVP (lit: TVP Lens) - News magazine focusing in the education sector
• Laman Minda (lit: Mind Garden)- live education-related talk telecast which was formerly named as Bicara in the mid-1990s.

TV9 also have some special shows for public viewers such as:

• Motivasi Murid (lit: Pupil Motivation)
• Bijak Belajar (lit: Smart Learning) - formerly aired, first aired on TV3
  TV3 (Malaysia)
  Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad or TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 as Malaysia’s first commercial television station. It is part of Media Prima Berhad group of companies. It now transmits opened broadcasting business private 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2010...
  
   in 1996
• Anak Siapa Ni Eh - first aired in 2006.
• Kerjaya dan Kaunseling (lit: Career and Counseling)

See also

• List of Malaysian television stations
• TV9
  TV9 (Malaysia)
  TV9 is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. TV9 began broadcasting on 22 April 2006, as a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad. It formerly existed as Channel 9, which began airing on 9 September 2003 and ceased transmission on 1 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the...
  
  
• Astro
• RTM
  Radio Televisyen Malaysia
  The Department of Broadcasting, Malaysia, DBA Radio Televisyen Malaysia , is a Malaysian state-owned public broadcaster. It owns and operates a number of radio and television stations in Malaysia, based in Kuala Lumpur...
  
  
• Tech TV
• Astro TVIQ
  Astro TVIQ
  Astro TVIQ is an Astro branded channel brought exclusively for Malaysians and Indonesians who own Astro. This channel is free as it is grouped under the Astro Family package...