Mohammed Haroon is a Ghanaian teacher. Born in 1959 and educated at the
University of Cape Coast, he was elected to Ghana’s national parliament in 1992 for the National Democratic Congress party, serving until 1997. Haroon has served as Regional Director of Education for the Volta Region and as Regional Director of Education for the Northern Region. Hailing from a tribe in north Ghana where educational challenges remain, his work is focused on improving teaching and learning in the region.

He now serves as an educational consultant for Rising Academies - a company
seeking to create the best schools and the most powerful teaching and learning
tools for the people who need them most.

Haroon is one of the 15 recognised retired directors of education known for
reforming secondary education in Ghana. He works to improve mathematics and
literacy through Lively Minds and Rising Academy, with a particular interest in
enhancing early education. He advocates for human rights, especially for girls' and women's rights, through the African Diversity Network. In the northern part of Ghana, he opened public schools and two colleges of education.

Haroon is also an education adviser to Lively Minds, a non-profit organisation
founded on the belief that people can only break the cycle of poverty if they are giventhe information, skills, and confidence to make changes themselves.

He is the T-Tel ambassador to the five northern regions of Ghana.