Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday confirmed all students in regional Victoria would return to on-site classes from October 12 - the second week of term four.

Remote learning would continue for all students in that first week, with VCE and VCAL students only allowed to attend school for essential assessments and the General Achievement Test.

Some Bendigo principals were concerned students were missing out on "invaluable" days of face-to-face classes.

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Bendigo Senior Secondary College year 12 student Yasmin Matthews said while an earlier start would have been preferred, she was relieved the return date wasn't later in the year.

"I was hoping to go back in the first week," Miss Matthews said. "But it's still good that we can go in and do assessments because it's more difficult doing them online at home.

"It's good that they have given us an exact day so we can prepare to go back."

Fellow BSSC year 12 student Philippa Bywaters said she was feeling impartial to the announcement.

"I'm not too perturbed about missing that first week," she said. "I don't think much will be different. But it is nice having one less thing that's up in the air."

Cameron Lee, another BSSC year 12 student, said he wasn't "too fussed" by the announced return date.

He said the changes to the year 12 curriculum had eased some of the stress going into the final few months of school.

"They have cut out enough content to make it pretty fair," he said. "I wouldn't say the content they have cut out is massively important for university courses or prior knowledge. They have been very strategic."

Mr Lee said the past six weeks of remote learning had been better than expected.

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"It was definitely easier the second time," he said. "A lot of people learnt a lot in the first lot of remote learning. All of my friends have seemed to handle it better."

Miss Bywaters also found remote learning relatively easy, but said it would be nice to finish her high school years actually at school.

"I'm a very sentimental person," she said. "I'm keen to be back in that traditional school environment - to be in a classroom with a teacher, to have class discussions, and to see all of my friends.

"It will be great to go back to that traditional routine that we're used to and spent 13 years doing."

Miss Matthews said while it had been a challenging year for students, they were also understanding about why the changes were introduced.

"The restrictions have had to stay longer for health reasons, which is the most important part," she said.

"Even though it's sad that the graduation is online and muck-up day won't be the same, it's just something we have to pay the price for so the public can stay healthy."

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