He then returned to Bharsaf village where he enrolled in the Mar Yousuf Church school. He later transferred to another school called “al Abaa’ al Yasouein” (Jesuit Fathers in English and الاباء اليسوعيين in Arabic) in Bakfaya where he received his official elementary education. In 1924, Tawfiq enrolled in the institution of “al Abaa’ al Yasouein” in Beirut where he continued working as a writer for al-‘Arīs (in Arabic العريس) newspaper and al-Barq (in Arabic البرق) newspaper.