DidikTV KPM Live Streaming – Watch Malaysia’s Education Channel Online
School lessons on national television are not a new idea in Malaysia. What is new is having a full channel dedicated to them, aligned to the Ministry of Education’s own curriculum, free to anyone with a screen.
DidikTV KPM is that channel. The live feed sits above, and it costs nothing to watch.
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LIVE45TFAbout the Channel
- Full name
- DidikTV Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
- Run by
- Ministry of Education and Media Prima Berhad
- Ministry division
- Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan
- Launched
- 2021
- Occupies
- The ntv7 broadcast slot
- myFreeview channel
- 107
- Astro / NJOI
- 147
- Picture
- HD
- Language
- Malay
- Official site
- didik.tv
What Gets Broadcast
Programming follows the national curriculum rather than a general-interest schedule. Content is organised by school stage, which makes it easier for families to find the right slot.
| Stage | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Pre-school | Early literacy, numbers, basic concepts |
| Primary (Tahun 1-6) | Core subjects taught by classroom teachers |
| Lower secondary | Subject lessons following the syllabus |
| Upper secondary | SPM-level subject teaching |
| Form 6 | Pre-university content |
Beyond the lessons themselves, the schedule carries:
- Education news – ministry announcements, exam updates, school developments
- Edutainment – learning wrapped in game and quiz formats
- Student-produced content – segments made by schools and students
- Character and values programming – the co-curricular side of the syllabus
- Lifelong learning – material aimed beyond school-age viewers
Exam Preparation
For many households, this is the main reason the channel is on.
Teaching slots built around SPM preparation bring in experienced subject teachers to work through exam technique – how questions are structured, what examiners look for, where marks are commonly lost. The format proved popular before the full channel even existed, when it ran as a block on ntv7.
What makes it useful:
- Real classroom teachers, not presenters reading from a script
- Paper-by-paper focus rather than general revision
- Technique over content, which is where most marks are won
- Free access, against tuition costs that many families cannot meet
Revision slots intensify as exam season approaches, so the mix shifts through the school year.
How a Commercial Channel Became a Classroom
The story behind DidikTV is unusual, and it is often reported incorrectly.
When schools closed and home-based learning became national policy, the Ministry of Education needed broadcast capacity quickly. Media Prima had it. An education block began running on ntv7, and the arrangement expanded until DidikTV KPM took over most of that channel’s daily hours in 2021.
Here is the part that gets misreported: ntv7 was not shut down, and it did not change hands. Media Prima issued a statement to that effect at the time. What happened was a commercial collaboration in which the ministry occupies the bulk of the timeslot while ownership stays where it was.
The Prime Minister launched the channel personally, which tells you how the arrangement was viewed at the time.
A Fifty-Year-Old Idea
Educational television in Malaysia goes back much further than most viewers realise.
TV Pendidikan launched in 1972 under Malaysia’s second Prime Minister, broadcasting to Peninsular Malaysia before reaching Sabah and Sarawak a few years later. Its home kept changing. RTM carried it through the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Astro took it on afterwards, then TV9. It went off air entirely in 2008.
A decade later the ministry announced plans to bring it back, this time producing its own content rather than relying on a broadcaster. Those plans were already in motion when the pandemic arrived and turned a gradual relaunch into an urgent one.
DidikTV KPM is that project in its current form – the same fifty-year-old idea, with a dedicated channel behind it for the first time.
Who Actually Uses It
Three groups, with quite different needs.
Students watch for the subject teaching, particularly those preparing for major exams or without access to private tuition.
Parents use it to see how a topic is being taught, which helps when supervising homework in subjects they last studied decades ago.
Teachers draw on it as supplementary material, sometimes assigning a broadcast segment the way they would assign a textbook chapter.
The channel matters most in households where tuition is unaffordable or internet access is patchy. Terrestrial television reaches places broadband still does not, which was much of the reasoning behind putting lessons on a broadcast channel rather than online only.
Getting More From It
A few practical points worth knowing.
Check the stage, not just the subject
Primary and secondary versions of the same topic run at different times.
Broadcast hours are limited
Unlike most channels here, DidikTV closes overnight rather than running around the clock.
The official site carries schedules
didik.tv lists what is airing and when, in more detail than a stream page can.
Lessons repeat
Missing one is rarely permanent, since material cycles back through the schedule.
Pair it with school work
It follows the syllabus, so it supplements classroom teaching rather than replacing it.
Questions Viewers Ask
Who runs DidikTV KPM?
The Ministry of Education’s Educational Technology Division, in collaboration with Media Prima Berhad.
What channel is DidikTV KPM on myFreeview?
Channel 107. On Astro and NJOI it is channel 147.
Did ntv7 shut down?
No. Media Prima confirmed the channel was neither closed nor sold. DidikTV occupies most of its broadcast hours under a commercial arrangement.
What year did DidikTV KPM launch?
2021, taking over from an education block that had been running on ntv7 beforehand.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no subscription on any platform carrying it.
What levels does it cover?
Pre-school through to Form 6.
Does it help with SPM?
Yes. Exam-focused teaching slots are among the channel’s best-known content.
Is it only in Malay?
Teaching is delivered in Malay, following the national curriculum.
Does it broadcast 24 hours?
No. The channel closes overnight and returns in the morning.
Where can I find the schedule?
The official site at didik.tv publishes programme listings.