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While the adoption of the metric system is considered largely successful in England, the process of metrication has faced a lot of challenges and rejection. In 1988, England alongside Northern England and Wales introduced a National Curriculum in which SI was used as the principal system of calculation and measurement. By this time, almost all the sectors except part of retail trade and road signage had metricated. The government policy was reverted again to voluntary metrication in 1980 and the Metrication Board abolished. Initially, metrication was voluntary but in 1978 it was made mandatory in certain sectors after certain carpet retailers used imperial units instead of metric units. In 1969, a Metrication Board was established to coordinate the process. In England, the Department of Education alerted the education authorities the need to adapt to the metric system in 1967. A policy supporting adoption of the metric system was formally agreed in 1965 following requests from industries. Before the metrication was made official in 1965, several government bodies had already adopted the metric system or were in the process. The adoption of metric system in the UK was first discussed in 1818 in parliament. So, while the United Kingdom, which includes England, favors the metric system as the official system of measurement, the use of the Imperial System is still widely accepted. In schools, metric units are used and taught and imperial units that are still in common use in the country are also taught. Most of the industries, commerce, and government use the metric units but the imperial system is still officially used for distances, speed, and liquid quantities. The metrication of the UK, which is meant to replace the imperial system with the metric system, has been largely successful in England since its introduction in the 20th century. The British Imperial was used as the official system of measurement in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system in 1965. The imperial system of measurement is also known as the British Imperial since it originated from the British Empire that ruled most parts of the world between the 16th and 19th century. Other countries have had to convert from the imperial to metric system. Other countries such as the US use the imperial system where units such as pounds, inches, and feet are used. The metric system, which uses measuring units such as grams and meters, is used by most countries to count order of magnitude. There are two main systems used to measure weight and distance: the imperial system and the metric system of measurement.