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Taiwan Quick Take: Invisible ink pens banned

To prevent students from cheating during school exams the government yesterday banned the use of invisible ink pens during exams. "We will bar students from using invisible ink pens during exams because many students are cheating with these pens," an official from the Ministry of Education's Department of Higher Education said. Since invisible ink pens use fluorescent ink, a student can write invisible notes on a piece of paper and take the paper to the exam. During the exam, test-takers can read the notes by shining the ultraviolet light -- which is at the other end of the pen -- onto the paper. The notes become visible when they are exposed to the light. Education authorities in many countries, including China, have banned students from using invisible ink pens during exams to prevent cheating. An invisible ink pen costs NT$200.

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