Cakap UpSkill Launched, Expanding the Coverage of Personal Development Materials

Cakap, which has been known as an application for learning languages, is now spreading its wings. By inaugurating Cakap UpSkill, they are exploring new non-language materials and categories, such as entrepreneurship, career development, and self-development.

This UpSkill conversation will use the system base module and topic base, so that users can choose issues, topics, and packages that suit their individual needs. Cakap said that in total they have 500 professional teachers. Every teacher at Cakap UpSkill has gone through several stages of curation from the internal team so that the quality of the material and the teacher is guaranteed.

"According to a survey conducted, in 2020 Cakap's active users increased by 5 times. Amount traffic in Q1 in Cakap also increased by 3200% compared to the same period in 2019. The increase did not only come from language enthusiasts, but also new skill enthusiasts. Cakap Upskill was born from the request of Cakap users who want to learn and improve their quality to increase their competitiveness in looking for work or creating jobs during the adaptation period of this new habit, "explained CEO of Cakap Tomy Yunus to DailySocial.

Competent which has been consistent with language learning services with the concept of two-way interaction or live tutoring began to consider making other contributions in the field of learning. Cakap UpSkill is also called a solution end-to-end in preparation sharing skills.

"To achieve this vision, we feel the need to develop products that are not limited by language products. Because we believe Cakap is not only a language learning application, but as a liaison between students and quality material sources through two-way interaction," Tomy continued.

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Cakap is not a new player, his language learning has developed, not only in English but also in Mandarin, Japanese, and Indonesian. Cakap also claims that their users are spread across more than 28 provinces in Indonesia. This includes collaboration with government agencies to organize classes for their employees.

Tomy explained, Cakap UpSkill has a target to be able to help new graduates who want to find work, open their own business or those who are forced to adapt to the current situation.

"We are aware that the current economic conditions are forcing the whole community to adapt, but don't let people give in to the situation. Through Cakap Upskills and our role as a pioneering startup for the nation's children, we hope to help reduce the unemployment rate and accelerate recovery by improving the quality of human resources evenly and thoroughly," concluded Tomy.