There used to be a jokey story that some Indians would put on their CV,
Bombay University Honours Degree (failed). - Goudie
....the whole point of which, my Father used to say, was to demonstrate that they had been clever enough to enter and attend the relevant university in the first place.
He also used to say that he had a PhD (Failed) in Applied Psychology at the University of Life, but never used post nominals for his honours.
Jack BA (Hons) (Failed) in Applied Psychology at the University of HK**
** = Hard Knocks, not Hong Kong