With the educational reforms established by the Minister Mirash Ivanaj, private schools were closed and Stafa moved to the public high school of Shkodër. After the death of his father in 1936, his family moved to Tirana, where he studied at the Tirana Lyceum (subsequently named Qemal Stafa High School).
This led to private educational institutions being closed and Stafa being reassigned to Shkodër's public high school. Following his father's demise in 1936, Stafa's family relocated to Tirana, where he pursued his education at the city's lyceum, which would eventually be renamed Qemal Stafa High School.